SkyfireDict

wings   (TTS Sound)

The noun wings has 2 senses

• wings -- (a means of flight or ascent; "necessity lends wings to inspiration")


• wings -- (stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members)

The noun wing has 11 senses

• wing -- (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))


• wing -- (one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane)


• wing, offstage, backstage -- (a stage area out of sight of the audience)


• wing -- (a unit of military aircraft)


• flank, wing -- (the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank")


• wing -- (a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side)


• wing -- ((in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft)


• wing -- (a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function; "they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party")


• wing -- (the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings")


• fender, wing -- (a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a wing")


• annex, annexe, extension, wing -- (an addition that extends a main building)

The verb wing has 1 sense

• fly, wing -- (travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly")