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UK
/wˈɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈwɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈwɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
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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 - one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
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the side of military or naval formation
they attacked the enemy's right flank - a unit of military aircraft
- an addition that extends a main building
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the wing of a fowl
he preferred the drumsticks to the wings - a stage area out of sight of the audience
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a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
in Britain they call a fender a wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
VERB
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travel through the air; be airborne
Man cannot fly
How To Use wing In A Sentence
- A few talented writers en dowed with originality and exceptional animation, a few brilliant efforts, isolated, without following, interrupted and recommenced, did not suffice to endow a nation with a solid and imposing basis of literary wealth. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
- Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
- It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
- The question, which has been eating at Matthews for several years, is gnawing on him a couple of hours later as he decompresses at a party at Spago in Beverly Hills.
- The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
- You've found our 404 page. This is the page we show you when we can't show you the page you wanted, either because it doesn't exist, or because of some other error. Instead, we're showing you the definition and the etymology for the word '404', and some Dürer rhinos (because we like them). Think this is a mistake? Click here to report this error.
- You've found our 404 page. This is the page we show you when we can't show you the page you wanted, either because it doesn't exist, or because of some other error. Instead, we're showing you the definition and the etymology for the word '404', and some Dürer rhinos (because we like them). Think this is a mistake? Click here to report this error.
- First to unfold were the two 14-foot-wide drogue chutes, which oriented the craft and continued slowing it.
- I reassured him it was secure by logging into my account and viewing his profile. Computing
