wing
An appendage of an animal's body that enables it to flyAn appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
» Ostriches have wings, but they can't fly.
У страусів є крила, але вони не можуть літати.
Meaning
32 senses(countable, uncountable)An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
The bird was flapping its wings
(countable, uncountable)A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Human arm.
(countable, uncountable)Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.
Flügel, Flügel, Schwinge
крыло́kryló, крыло́kryló
крило́kryló, крило́kryló
(countable, uncountable)One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
(countable, uncountable)One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
(countable, uncountable)Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
(countable, uncountable)Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
(countable, uncountable)A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
(in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
(countable, uncountable)Passage by flying; flight.
to take wing
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
(countable, uncountable)Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
(countable, uncountable)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.
the west wing of the hospital
the wings of a corkscrew
Flügel, Gebäudeflügel, Gebäudetrakt
крыло́kryló, фли́гельflígelʹ
крило́kryló, флі́гельflíhelʹ
an addition that extends a main building
Examples
414 sentencesOstriches have wings, but they can't fly.
У страусів є крила, але вони не можуть літати.
Is it true that cockroaches don't have wings?
Чи це правда, що таргани не мають крил?
ruЭто правда, что у тараканов нет крыльев?
Birds flap their wings to fly.
Птахи машуть крилами, щоб літати.
ruЧтобы лететь, птицы машут крыльями.
Birds have wings.
Птахи мають крила.
ruУ птиц есть крылья.
deVögel haben Flügel.
You'll just have to wing it.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing ofFrom 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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Forms
plural: wingsSynonyms
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