| Wing |
n. |
Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, whether by edge-on motion, or flapping, or rotation; specif., either of a pair of supporting planes of a flying machine. |
| Wing |
n. |
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. |
| Wing |
n. |
Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. |
| Wing |
n. |
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. |
| Wing |
n. |
One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. |
| Wing |
n. |
Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing. |
| Wing |
n. |
Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion. |
| Wing |
n. |
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. |
| Wing |
n. |
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot. |
| Wing |
n. |
Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. |
| Wing |
n. |
One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. |
| Wing |
n. |
Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. |
| Wing |
n. |
Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. |
| Wing |
n. |
One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece. |
| Wing |
n. |
A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace. |
| Wing |
n. |
The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. |
| Wing |
n. |
A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. |
| Wing |
n. |
The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. |
| Wing |
n. |
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. |
| Wing |
n. |
One of the sides of the stags in a theater. |
| Wing |
v. t. |
To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. |
| Wing |
v. t. |
To supply with wings or sidepieces. |
| Wing |
v. t. |
To transport by flight; to cause to fly. |
| Wing |
v. t. |
To move through in flight; to fly through. |
| Wing |
v. t. |
To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird. |
