wing
An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
Noun 4 meanings
An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
“The bird was flapping its wings”
A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
“I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.”
One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
Verb 4 meanings
To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
To fly.
To travel swiftly.
To add a wing (extra part) to.
Etymology
From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind.
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WING at a glance
WING has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (W 4 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,416 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with wing
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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