Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
wing
IPA transcription: [w'ɪŋ]
Pronunciations of wing
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
wing
Meaning:
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
Synonyms:
wing
Meaning:
one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
Synonyms:
wing, offstage, backstage
Meaning:
a stage area out of sight of the audience
Synonyms:
wing
Meaning:
a unit of military aircraft
Synonyms:
flank, wing
Meaning:
the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
fly, wing
Meaning:
travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
Usage examples
His wing is broken."
Startled, the Cardinal took wing.
The Phoenix would take wing again.
It's like blood on the wing of a humming-bird."
He went to the western wing to visit the young Violet.
"The next thing is the left wing of a yellow butterfly."
Softly we stole along until we had come into the other wing.
The other, finding itself at liberty, took wing and flew away.
A full-grown specimen will measure twenty-eight inches in expanse of wing.
He jumped to the bird's side, but the Phoenix waved him away with its wing.
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American goldfinch
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Wife selling (English custom)
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Florida Highway Patrol
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