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Meaning of wing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

wing

Pronunciation:/wɪŋ/

noun

Definitions

  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. Human arm.

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

  4. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

verb

Definitions

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

  2. To fly.

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

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