wing

/wษชล‹/
noun
  1. 1

    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. 2

    Human arm.

  3. 3

    Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

  4. 4

    One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

  5. 5

    One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

  6. 6

    Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.

  7. 7

    Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

  8. 8

    A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

  9. 9

    Passage by flying; flight.

    โ€œto take wingโ€

  10. 10

    Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

  11. 11

    A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.

    โ€œthe west wing of the hospitalโ€

  12. 12

    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. 13

    A protruding piece of material on a tampon to hold it in place and prevent leakage.

  14. 14

    An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

  15. 15

    A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.

  16. 16

    A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.

  17. 17

    An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:

  18. 18

    A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

  19. 19

    A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.

  20. 20

    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. 21

    A position in several field games on either side of the field.

  22. 22

    A player occupying such a position, also called a winger

  23. 23

    A hรกฤek.

  24. 24

    One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.

  25. 25

    (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.

  26. 26

    A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.

  27. 27

    On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype

    โ€œTom's a 4 on the Enneagram, with a 3 wing.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.

  2. 2

    To fly.

  3. 3

    (of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.

  4. 4

    To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

  5. 5

    To throw.

  6. 6

    To furnish with wings.

  7. 7

    To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.

  8. 8

    To traverse by flying.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wing