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wing
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Biologie, Zoologie: ein Körperteil eines Tieres, der zum Fliegen befähigen kann; Flügel
3. [2] Flugwesen, Raumfahrt: ein Teil eines Fluggerätes; Tragfläche
4. [3] Politik: ein Teil einer politischen Partei oder einer Vereinigung, dessen politische Meinung vom Rest abweicht
[1] One of the pigeon's wings was broken.
Ein Flügel der Taube war gebrochen.
5. Verb:
6. [1] (intransitiv) sich mit Flügeln, oder wie mit Flügeln fortbewegen
7. [2] (transitiv) ein Tier am Flügel verletzen
8. [3] (transitiv) jemanden an Arm oder Bein verletzen, ohne dass Lebensgefahr besteht
[1] When do you wing back to Europe?
Wann fliegst du zurück nach Europa?
[2] I winged a duck while hunting yesterday.
Ich habe gestern auf der Jagd eine Ente geflügelt. / Ich habe gestern auf der Jagd eine Ente am Flügel getroffen.
[3] You are very lucky he just winged you.
Du hast großes Glück, dass er dich nur gestreift hat.
Englisch > Englisch
wing
1. subst. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
2. subst. (slang) Human arm.
3. subst. (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
4. subst. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
5. subst. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
6. subst. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
7. subst. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
8. subst. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
9. subst. Passage by flying; flight.
to take wing
10. subst. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
11. subst. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
the west wing of the hospital
the wings of a corkscrew
12. subst. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
13. subst. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
14. subst. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
15. subst. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
16. subst.          (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
17. subst.          (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
18. subst. (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
19. subst. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
20. subst. (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
21. subst. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
22. subst. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
23. subst. (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
24. subst. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
25. subst. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
26. subst. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
27. subst. On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype
Tom's a 4 on the Enneagram, with a 3 wing.
28. v. To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
29. v. (intransitive) To fly.
30. v. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
31. v. To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
32. v. To throw.
Deutsch > Englisch
Flügel
1. n-m. wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.)
2. n-m. wing (of a door, window, windmill, etc.)
3. n-m. wing (lateral part, especially of a building)
4. n-m. (musical instruments) grand piano
5. n-m. (chiefly as Flügelchen) short for, Schwimmflügel, t=water wing, armband, swimmy

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Don't worry about giving a speech at the wedding; you can just wing it when you get there.      Mach dir keine Gedanken mit der Hochzeitsansprache. Du kannst sie einfach aus dem Ärmel schütteln, wenn du da bist. She took me under her wing and taught me everything she knows.      Sie nahm mich unter ihre Fittiche und brachte mir alles bei, was sie wusste. I'd like a seat over a wing.      Ich hätte gerne einen Sitz über einer Tragfläche. His desperate attempts at distancing himself from his old left-wing ties have impressed no one so far.      Seine verzweifelten Versuche, sich von seinen alten Verbindungen zum linken Flügel zu distanzieren, haben bisher niemanden beeindruckt.

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