I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bird flaps its wings (= it moves its wings up and down )
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The baby birds were trying to flap their wings.
a winged insect literary:
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Swallows swooped to snatch winged insects from the sky.
chicken breast/thigh/wing
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Chop the chicken breast into pieces.
wing chair
wing collar
wing commander
wing mirror
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a wing mirror
wing mirror
wing nut
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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It is as much a product of the struggle for existence as are the black wings of the peppered moth.
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Athelstan felt he was looking at a man already under the shadow of Death's soft, black wing .
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Have you ever noticed that a lot of butterflies have the colour black on their wings ?
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No black on wings and no long trailing legs distinguish them from all other large white birds in flight.
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There were, no doubt, hundreds of moths with brand new genes for black wings in nineteenth-century Manchester.
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Bateleur Eagles are unusual in having dimorphic plumage, the female displays grey secondary feathers whilst males have entirely black wings .
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Smaller and shorter-tailed than Woodpigeon, with no white patches, but has black wing-tips and two short black bars on wing.
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Almost a big as an oystercatcher, it is all white with black on the wings and back.
conservative
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In fact, some party stalwarts, particularly those from the religious conservative wing begged him to seek the nomination.
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He recalled watching the Democrats rebuff their own conservative wing until they lost their majority.
great
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With great rounded wings , spectacularly patterned pale and dark beneath, they circled effortlessly.
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With a sari Psepha unfolded his great wings and launched himself from his tree.
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It was a truly terrible storm, stronger than her great wings , stronger than anything.
left
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He turned to the left wing and announced Gabriel Marcel.
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One, Ram Singh Rathor, was controlling the left wing .
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Caught him on the rise just under the left wing at quarters.
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Taylor's plan backfired from the moment Flo switched to the left wing and took Pallister with him.
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To his left wing he could see the great blackness of the Park, lit only occasionally by murky yellow lights.
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To his left wing he made out a line of higher hills and headed for it.
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It flipped and spun a number of times, fuel spilling out of the damaged left wing - the aircraft was doomed.
liberal
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And it converted many more economists to the liberal , anti-interventionist wing of their trade.
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Of all the federal departments, Treasury is not one where we have learned to find the liberal wing of our presidencies.
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Mr Massow said the controversy had pitted the Tory leader, William Hague, against his own party's liberal wing .
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His departure was widely portrayed as a defeat for the liberal wing of the party.
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Zwygart, a teacher and a member of parliament, was described as being on the party's liberal wing .
military
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His immediate response was to arrest 150 people for suspected links with Hamas's military wing , Izzadin el-Qassam.
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The Blue Angels, the military adverts with wings and roof-skimming stunt pilots.
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His critics say he should not sit in government with a party whose military wing holds on to illegal weapons.
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Was he talking to political leaders who no longer or never could control the military wing ?
political
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The deal was correctly seen as an attempt to clip the political wings of smaller parties and of President Havel.
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We are the political wing of the Liberal Party.
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There was anger and immediate condemnation from all parties save Euskal Herritarok, perceived as the separatist group's political wing .
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And Greenness can be seen as the political wing of the New Age.
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A different section of the resistance consisted of the political wing led by ex-President BeneÜ.
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The Tigers have had a political wing since 1976 but never registered it as a legal party.
right
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Left wing to right wing-try.
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That you know it is right wing agenda.
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Tony Underwood moves from the right wing to deputise for his brother.
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A mad scramble followed a Dollar free throw, and Hamilton eventually grabbed the ball on the right wing .
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The republican state was undermined by the right wing counter reforms which eased the road to violence.
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First and foremost, our fear that the right wing would have veto power over appointments to the Supreme Court.
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Eisenhower made it public for domestic political reasons, to appease the right wing of the Republican Party.
white
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Both sexes show white wing patches in flight, looking rather like small Goldeneye.
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He was in white ducks, brown and white wing tips, and a yellow silk sport shirt.
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The tumbling pigeons rose up and tumbled down, their white wings bright in the sunlight.
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He was right there in front of me, white wings and a blue robe with gold buttons.
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Immature distinguishable from other immature skuas by small size, smaller bill and much less white in wings .
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One of the largest land birds of the region, showing much white on black-tipped wings in flight.
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The main thrust of the President's speech was an effort to appease the white right wing .
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Female and juvenile have no distinctive features, differing from Calandra and White-winged Larks in lack of white in wing .
■ NOUN
chair
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She knocked and opened the door and saw Patrick asleep in his wing chair .
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He would be reading, and she would be sitting across from him in a wing chair .
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One large wing chair in an attractive pale pink fabric blends perfectly with the dual colour scheme.
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The big leather wing chair that usually faced the doorway in the library was turned around.
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Louella removed her apron and sat on the vanity bench, as they took their accustomed places in the wing chairs .
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The two red leather wing chairs were drawn up to the fireplace, facing it.
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Barnabas leapt from the sofa and dashed after the biscuit that had skidded under a wing chair .
collar
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But modern wing collars , frankly, don't work.
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If you insist on wearing a made-up tie, wear a shirt with a turned-down collar , not a wing collar.
commander
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This time it was an inspector I who had come looking for the wing commander , his sergeant and his constable.
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Two wing commanders in a row had been fired, and things were getting progressively worse.
east
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These stones were removed when this monument was demolished and built in steps in the east wing of the villa.
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In the plans, the east wing next to SuperTarget carried a sign with the Gordmans logo.
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In the east wing of the hospital there was a linen store that was never used after about nine-thirty in the morning.
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She was found by the caretaker, whimpering and exhausted on the ground floor of the east wing .
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Somewhere behind the east wing of the castle glass shattered.
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Olive steadfastly refused to move from the Hall, retreating gradually into the east wing as the rest deteriorated.
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In re-planning the east wing galleries, built in 1928-32, great efforts have been made to respect their dignified classical architecture.
mirror
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Hedges rose to either side and the Cadillac's wing mirrors clipped against them.
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Bill was leaning on his cab, spitting at the wing mirror and half-heartedly polishing it with his sleeve.
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All the controls are easy to use, although adjusting the wing mirrors took a bit of working out.
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I could see in the wing mirror that my arrival had provoked some interest.
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Mobuto recoiled in horror, stumbling back painfully into the Studebaker's wing mirror .
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As the Ford charged after the Mercedes, Dunn saw in his wing mirror a spurt of tracer fire.
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The fork-lift truck was not fitted with either wing mirrors or a speedometer.
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They came down on the coach from Manchester and were delayed for an hour by a missing wing mirror .
north
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It stretched away into the darkness towards the empty north wing .
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The north wing with its range of rooms has more the appearance of a hostelry than a house.
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By day she remained behind locked doors in the room near the north wing which her two sons had shared.
tip
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After all, what's a wing tip and a Continent between friends?
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Wings must include the entire wing with skin and muscle intact, but the wing tip may be removed. 4.
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New fibreglass wing tips and dorsal fin additions were attached.
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He was in white ducks, brown and white wing tips , and a yellow silk sport shirt.
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Remove the wing tips and reserve with the neck and gizzard for a stock.
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Her leg is broken, and the wing tip ! but not badly.
■ VERB
clip
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Parties aren't the same with parents there - they do clip one's wings somewhat.
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State Department shutdowns have clipped the wings of travelers.
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The deal was correctly seen as an attempt to clip the political wings of smaller parties and of President Havel.
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I just clipped his wings a little, that's all.
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It will clip her wings , but it won't clip Liam's, and that's where the resentment will start.
flap
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The wowhawk flapped its wings desperately. ` Let go!
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A pair of night birds circled above, the flapping of their wings and their eerie screeches penetrating the thickening mist.
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However, the equation assumes stationary rather than flapping wings , making its use in this case misleading.
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A single bat was created and given leeway to automatically flap its wings .
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To flap their wings they will need more than 1,000 square centimetres.
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He looked as if he were about to flap his wings and strike.
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When he looked around, the wowhawk on her shoulder flapped its wings in his face.
spread
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She must be allowed to spread her wings and open up.
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They just spread their wings and take off.
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Diana was eager to spread her wings and start her own life in London.
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Others are like birds in a greenhouse: banging against the glass, desperate to spread their wings .
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Later, I take off my watch to let it spread its wings .
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Then it spreads its wings and flies away, ready for its first meal of nectar!
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On its way down, the bundle unfolded, spreading wings left and right.
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The falcon spreads flightless wings and stalks among months of droppings.
stand
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He stopped by on his night off, was let in the stage door, and stood in the wings .
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The village church is gone, the orphanage is still standing , though one wing of it has been gutted by fire.
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Ensign Erik Neal, stands on the bridge wing and talks to the helmsman on a microphone.
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Several nights before, Stephen Foster had shown up to stand in the wings and watch the play.
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Janeth Arcain was standing on the right wing , watching, waiting, figuring Cooper was going to make a play.
wait
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None the less, there are always people waiting in the wings to discredit a positive image.
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The world's list of mammals is about five thousand long, but three thousand more may be waiting in the wings .
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Hundreds of similar cases waited in the wings .
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Platt has had to wait in the wings because he is one of four foreign players fighting for the permitted three places.
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The local chapter leaders waiting in the wings seemed upset.
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Shortstop Jose Vizcaino is a free agent, and if his price is too high Rich Aurilia is waiting in the wings .
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There were no wealthy aunts or uncles waiting in the wings .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be waiting in the wings
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Young, a talented quarterback, was waiting in the wings for the day when Montana couldn't play.
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A new comedy wave, I suppose, is waiting in the wings.
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If so, the Democrats would be waiting in the wings.
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Shortstop Jose Vizcaino is a free agent, and if his price is too high Rich Aurilia is waiting in the wings.
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The world's list of mammals is about five thousand long, but three thousand more may be waiting in the wings.
clip sb's wings
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The economic troubles could clip the wings of entrepreneurs starting small businesses.
spread your wings
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Recently she's begun spreading her wings, taking courses in real estate.
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Diana was eager to spread her wings and start her own life in London.
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Her dad wanted her to spread her wings a little - not too much mind.
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Later, I take off my watch to let it spread its wings.
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Others are like birds in a greenhouse: banging against the glass, desperate to spread their wings.
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She must be allowed to spread her wings and open up.
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The dragon spread its wings and gave an experimental flap, which lifted it momentarily off the ground.
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Then it spreads its wings and flies away, ready for its first meal of nectar!
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They just spread their wings and take off.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a new children's wing at the hospital
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butterfly wings
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The racist right wing staged their biggest demonstration yet in the main square.
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the south wing of the Capitol
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The Tamil Tigers have had a political wing since 1976, but never registered it as a legal party.
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They were members of the Marxist wing of the Socialist Party.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A process or an abstraction has to be caught on the wing .
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A set of wings was also introduced, said to have been designed by Jock Lewes.
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He had wings on his feet he ran so fast.
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Several times from wing to a desk at center stage he glanced out at the audience to acknowledge the applause.
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Some of these have wings and fly away to start new colonies of aphids on other plants.
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The feather'd fowls have wings, to fly to other nations.
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The stair-well in this wing indicates an upper storey which presumably would have been much on the same plan.
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We grilled things for them and fried wings.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
way
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If it slips then, as it probably will, the Hingston fortune will wing its way elsewhere.
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Small but dangerously exciting trickles of pleasure were still winging their way through her virtually defenceless body.
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His resignation was winging its way to Sheppards yesterday afternoon.
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Readers' original gardening tips Another batch of £50 cash prizes are winging their way to this month's top tipsters.
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Photographs had winged their way across, and presents at Christmas and Easter, with Mammy's birthday a speciality.
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Within seventy minutes each plane has been unloaded, reloaded and winging its way to destination cities.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We watched pelicans winging down the coastline.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Really, I just wing it: no notes, no talking to witnesses.
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She sent a silent message winging to the small room at the Admiralty.