WING


Meaning of WING in English

n. 25B6; noun

a bird's wings : poetic/literary pinion.

the east wing of the house : PART, section, side; annexe, extension; N. Amer. ell.

the radical wing of the party : FACTION, camp, caucus, arm, branch, group, section, set, coterie, cabal.

25B6; verb

a seagull winged its way over the sea : FLY, glide, soar.

the bomb winged past : HURTLE, speed, shoot, whizz, zoom, streak, fly.

she was shot at and winged : WOUND, graze, hit.

25A0; wing it (informal) IMPROVISE, play it by ear, extemporize, ad lib; informal busk it.

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