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wing English

Meaning wing meaning

What does wing mean?
Definitions in simple English

wing Noun

— A wing is the long flat part of a bird, insect or other flying thing. It is used to fly. This bird can fly very high very quickly because the bird uses strong wings with many feathers. He looked out the window of the plane and saw the sun shining on the wing. — A wing is part of a building, usually not the main part. — A wing is part of a political group.

wing Verb

— To fly with wings. — If you wing it you do not have a plan—you are making up what you do while you do it.

wing

— noun a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) — noun one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane — noun a stage area out of sight of the audience — verb (= fly) travel through the air; be airborne Man cannot fly — noun a unit of military aircraft — noun (= flank) the side of military or naval formation they attacked the enemy's right flank — noun 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 — noun (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft — noun a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side — noun the wing of a fowl he preferred the drumsticks to the wings — noun (= fender) a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud in Britain they call a fender a wing — noun (= annex) an addition that extends a main building

Synonyms wing synonyms

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wing English » English

feather flank pinion fly fender side arm winger shoulder plumage mudguard hand extension upper arm soar plume foil fin faction ell coulisse annexe annex ala wing of a bird vane slip sail paddle outbuilding offstage flit flight division branch backstage aerofoil wings winged creature wing player wing net wharfage ward waft tower throw tail subdivision squadron split end

Topics wing topics

What do people use wing to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Parts of an animal

Parts of a bird
Universe, creation Animal Parts of an animal

Parts of an insect
Person Body Limb

Leg
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Football, soccer
Work and occupation Working with buildings

Parts of a building
States Quantity Whole, complete

Part
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about

Conjugation wing conjugation

How do you conjugate wing?

wing · verb

Examples wing examples

How do I use wing in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'll have to wing it.
I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.
The bird's wing was broken.
Don't worry about giving a speech at the wedding; you can just wing it when you get there.
Left-wing communism is an infantile disorder.
A butterfly's wing contains many details.
She took me under her wing and taught me everything she knows.
His desperate attempts at distancing himself from his old left-wing ties have impressed no one so far.
The bird had a broken wing.
The wizened, old sorcerer took me under his wing and taught me everything he knew about magic.
Near such high virtue, every maiden fear takes wing at once.
I have a right wing neighbor.
I'd like a seat over a wing.
Tom requested a seat over a wing.
Nowadays, the majority of European countries is ruled by social democrats, but there is a noticeable increase of right-wing extremism.
She took me under her wing.
Tom took me under his wing.
She took me under her wing and taught me everything she knew.
Was it really necessary to change the front wing?
The eagle had a broken wing.
Tom took Mary under his wing.

Movie subtitles

Code blue, E.T. wing 203.
The construction of a new wing along the Orfevres Dock had turned the Halls of Justice upside down - they were overrun by builders.
We can have the whole left wing and be all by ourselves all the time.
We could have the whole left wing?
I guess she would let us have the right wing if we needed it.
You can take your red room, your green room your left wing and right wing.
Nearly took my wing off.
I was thinking of airing out the best room in the west wing, sir.
I want to get in a couple of wing shots.
Strike on the right wing!
She crashed into the right wing of a jump. almost as if she'd held her horse deliberately at it.
I talked to Jeff Peters this afternoon about that new wing of ours.
He's never used the east wing before.
Now we can make our getaway through the left wing!
We can have the whole left wing and be by ourselves all the time.
She would let us have the right wing if we needed it?
Take your red room, your green room, your left wing, your right wing.
My left wing has been turned, my rear end has been cut off.
You take charge of the left wing.
You take the right wing.
I'm gonna take you under my wing. And develop you.
I hear you have a beautiful daughter. You must let me take her under my wing at once.
No, a grizzly wing.
Perhaps we'd all be more comfortable if I used the bed in the other wing?
Prepare the rooms in the left wing.
Climb out on the other wing.
The bird's on the wing.
Oh. Well, don't forget, sir, the bird on the wing and all that.
Of course, there's no view of the sea from here. The only good view of the sea is from the west wing.
That room in the west wing I was telling you about is there, through that door.
The west wing.
The west wing!
His brother lost a wing.
Until yesterday, we've had no less than 50 of your friends at any one time. I think if you look in the west wing you'll find about a dozen vacationists still in residence.

News and current affairs

The rise of right-wing populism reflects revived yearnings for pure national communities that keep immigrants and minorities out.
Left-wing pacifism tends to overlook this simple fact.
At the other end, conservatism in many European countries has historically veered too close for comfort to right-wing extremism.
Unfortunately, Merkel's campaign is off to a rocky start, and the recent entry of Oskar Lafontaine's extreme left-wing party into the fray may necessitate the formation of a grand coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats.
This might explain some right-wing populists' animus against monarchy.
A reckless, right-wing Supreme Court has agreed with them.
And if the electoral numbers break down right, she could conceivably assemble a collection of regional and left-wing parties and stake a claim to rule India.
Silvio Berlusconi, the leader of the right-wing alliance, will win his third election (he has also lost twice), while the vote for the Senate is expected to produce a draw.
In Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, and Denmark, the government is either a coalition or a minority government propped up by the pivotal support of populist right-wing parties.
In the past, Europe's political contests were waged between left wing parties representing the interests of labor, and right wing parties representing the interests of capital.
Traditional pro-capitalist right-wing parties would welcome such reforms.
Yet, welfare state reform is not a priority of right-wing populists.
Indeed, only one right-wing European politician, Francesco Speroni of the Italian Northern League, which is part of Silvio Berlusconi's government, was prepared to defend Breivik.
In the case of Palin - and especially that of Bachmann - we ignore the wide appeal of right-wing feminism at our peril.
But their failure to deliver better lives to their citizens, together with the discrediting of left-wing ideologies following the Soviet Union's collapse, fueled the rise of a rival movement: political Islam.
And Muslim immigrants live in Amsterdam, London, or Marseilles, not in the kind of small towns where right-wing populists find most of their support.
Right-wing American attitudes about their country's place in the world are invigorated by fundamentalist dogma.
Swedes recently gave enough votes to a right-wing, anti-immigrant party to give it representation in parliament, reflecting a growing backlash against the rising number of immigrants in Swedish society.
An increasing number of Latin American countries have elected left-wing presidents who criticize market reforms and globalization.
The main concern is that left-wing politicians will implement populist policies that will generate large fiscal deficits, high inflation, and, eventually, currency collapses.
With right-wing extremist and populist movements gaining traction in many countries, Europe's political system - and the values that underpin it - is at risk.

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