wing

wing is a 4-letter English word with 36 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 36 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
2. noun. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
3. noun. One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
4. noun. One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
5. noun. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
6. noun. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
7. noun. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
8. noun. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
9. noun. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
10. noun. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
11. noun. Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
12. noun. Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
13. noun. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
14. noun. A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
15. noun. The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.
16. noun. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
17. noun. The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.
18. noun. 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.
19. noun. One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
20. transitive verb. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
21. transitive verb. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
22. transitive verb. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
23. transitive verb. To move through in flight; to fly through.
24. transitive verb. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
25. noun. a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
26. noun. an addition that extends a main building

    Synonyms: annex, annexe, extension

27. noun. a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

    "in Britain they call a fender a wing"

    Synonyms: fender

28. noun. one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
29. noun. a stage area out of sight of the audience

    Synonyms: backstage, offstage

30. noun. the wing of a fowl

    "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings"

31. noun. a unit of military aircraft
32. noun. the side of military or naval formation

    "they attacked the enemy's right flank"

    Synonyms: flank

33. noun. a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function

    "they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party"

34. noun. (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
35. noun. a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
36. verb. travel through the air; be airborne

    "Man cannot fly"

    Synonyms: fly

Synonyms

annex, annexe, extension, fender, backstage, offstage, flank, fly

Common word forms

wings, winged, winger, winging, wingable, wingless

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