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wing
  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. (slang) Human arm.
  3. Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
  4. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
  5. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
  6. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
  7. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
  8. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
  9. Passage by flying; flight.
  10. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
  11. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
  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. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
  14. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
  15. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
    1. (Britain) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
    2. (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
  16. (Britain) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
  17. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
  18. (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.
  19. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
  20. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
  21. (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
  22. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
  23. (plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
  24. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
  25. Synonyms:
  26. Examples:
    1. “Each downstroke of the wing of birds produces a small upward acceleration of the body to support the weight of the body and overcome drag.”
      “Rather, the IRA was increasingly recognized as the armed wing of one political party.”
      “The young girl was given free rein in the most secure wing of the building, which continues to be unfortunately sparse of visitors.”
wingtip
  1. The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft or bird
  2. A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe
  3. Examples:
    1. “I watched, in mute fascination, as the black wingtip shoe sliced through the air.”
      “But between the way he dressed and carried himself and those wingtip shoes, I thought he was the biggest man in the world.”
      “The pilot gets into a small bit of leftover wake turbulence, the rental aircraft wobbles just before touchdown and a wingtip catches the runway.”
winglet
  1. diminutive of wing
  2. (aeronautics) A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Mr Draper also outlined another component of the Boeing deal winglet modifications.”
      “When pushing on a winglet to move the glider, this twists the cockpit, as this can bend the structure.”
      “United said it could improve a plane's performance by an extra 2 percent compared with the current winglet design it uses on much of its fleet.”
wingspread
  1. The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The length of the body is about 115 feet and the wingspread about 240 feet.”
      “It has a wingspread of 50 cm and is a strong and swift flier, but it can also run quickly because it has such long legs.”
      “Lunas are pale green and have a wingspread of 4 in.”
wingfic
  1. (fandom slang) Fan fiction in which canonically wingless characters are given wings.
wingbeat
  1. A single stroke made by the wing of a bird in flight.
  2. Examples:
    1. “At its simplest, the flight stroke can be considered the gross up-and-down motion that makes a wingbeat.”
      “Aerodynamic loads affect the wing throughout the wingbeat cycle, but their influence is most obvious during downstroke.”
      “Both heart rate and wingbeat frequency were significantly higher during ascent than later in the flight.”
wingspot
  1. A spot on a wing (as of a bird or butterfly).
wingbase
  1. (zoology) The part of the body where a wing is attached.
winglessness
  1. Absence of wings.
wingstroke
wingspreads
wingstrokes
  1. plural of wingstroke
wingbeats
  1. plural of wingbeat
wingspots
  1. plural of wingspot
wingbases
  1. plural of wingbase
wingtips
  1. plural of wingtip
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nevertheless, wingtips remain an option as long as they aren't too chunky or thick soled.”
      “It was white with long blue-tipped feathers on its crest, wingtips, and tail.”
      “To do so, I would look left and right to check that the wingtips where parallel with the visible horizon.”
winglets
wings
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