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wing

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q161358}}{{lb|en|zootomy}} An [[appendage]] of an [[animal]]'s (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
  2. A [[fin]] at the side of a [[ray]] or similar fish.
  3. {{senseid|en|arm}} {{lb|en|slang}} Human [[arm]].
  4. {{lb|en|aviation}} Part of an [[aircraft]] that produces the lift for rising into the air.
  5. One of the large [[pectoral]] [[fin]]s of a [[flying fish]].
  6. One of the broad, thin, [[anterior]] [[lobe]]s of the foot of a [[pteropod]], used as an [[organ]] in swimming.
  7. {{lb|en|botany}} Any [[membranaceous]] expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the [[bract]]s on a [[dragon fruit]], or of a fruit of the kind called [[samara]].
  8. {{lb|en|botany}} Either of the two side [[petal]]s of a [[papilionaceous]] [[flower]].
  9. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
  10. Passage by flying; flight.
  11. Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
  12. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an [[extension]] from the main building.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[injure]] slightly (as with a [[gunshot]]), especially in the wing or arm.
  2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[fly]].
  3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To travel swiftly.
  4. {{lb|en|transitive|of a building}} To add a wing (extra part) to.
  5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To act or speak [[extemporaneous]]ly; to [[improvise]]; to [[wing it]].
  6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[throw]].
  7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To furnish with wings.
  8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
  9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To traverse by flying.

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en}}.
  2. {{place|en|large village/and/cpar|in|co/Buckinghamshire|cc/England|previously in|dist/Aylesbury Vale}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref SP8822}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/buckinghamshire/wing-parish.html Parish map (Buckinghamshire)]</ref>
  3. {{place|en|village/and/cpar|in|co/Rutland|cc/England}} {{q|OS grid ref SK8903}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/rutland/wing-parish.html Parish map (Rutland)]</ref>
  4. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Covington County|s/Alabama|c/USA}}.
  5. {{place|en|small town|co/Burleigh County|s/North Dakota|c/USA}}.

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