| wing | |
| 1. s. 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. s. (slang) Human arm. | |
| 3. s. (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air. | |
| 4. s. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish. | |
| 5. s. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. | |
| 6. s. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. | |
| 7. s. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. | |
| 8. s. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. | |
| 9. s. Passage by flying; flight. | |
| to take wing | |
| 10. s. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion. | |
| 11. s. 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. s. 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. s. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot. | |
| 14. s. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position. | |
| 15. s. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service: | |
| 16. s. (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station. | |
| 17. s. (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons. | |
| 18. s. (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels. | |
| 19. s. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs. | |
| 20. s. (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. s. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field. | |
| 22. s. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger | |
| 23. s. (typography, informal, rare) A háček. | |
| 24. s. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre. | |
| 25. s. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member. | |
| 26. s. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides. | |
| 27. s. 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. | |
