wing

Definitions

• 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
• (slang) Human arm.
• (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
• One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
• One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
• (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
• (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
• A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
• Passage by flying; flight.
• Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
• A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
• Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
• A protruding piece of material on a tampon to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
• An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
• A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
• A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
• An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
• (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
• (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
• (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
• (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
• (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
• (typography) A háček.
• (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
• (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
• A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
• On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype