Antonyms for wing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wing

Phonetic Transcription : wɪŋ

Definition of wing

Origin : late 12c., wenge, from Old Norse vængr "wing of a bird, aisle, etc." (cf. Danish and Swedish vinge "wing"), of unknown origin, perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *we-ingjaz and ultimately from PIE root *we- "blow" (cf. Old English wawan "to blow;" see wind (n.)). Replaced Old English feðra (plural) "wings" (see feather). The meaning "either of two divisions of a political party, army, etc." is first recorded c.1400; theatrical sense is from 1790.
Verbal phrase wing it (1885) is from theatrical slang sense of an actor learning his lines in the wings before going onstage, or else not learning them at all and being fed by a prompter in the wings. The verb to wing "shoot a bird in the wing" is from 1802. The slang sense of to earn (one's) wings is 1940s, from the wing-shaped badges awarded to air cadets on graduation. To be under (someone's) wing "protected by (someone)" is recorded from early 13c. Phrase on a wing and a prayer is title of a 1943 song about landing a damaged aircraft.

noun organ, device of flight
noun section; extension

Example sentences :

Mr. Wing is an American-born Chinese and practises the profession of a valet.
Extract from : « The Garden of Bright Waters » by Various

So let the little angels sing: This child is safe beneath our wing.
Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri

He understood everything and he was resolved that his wing should not be broken.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

If we can wing another they're likely to let us alone and we can go on.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Without it he is helpless, lost at sea, wing broken, crippled in business.
Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton

He still held her by the wing, and they lay on the ground and looked at each other.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

He held on to the wing and growled between his tight-clenched teeth.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

He swayed on the wing runway, and I slid to the door and stood watching.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

Hardly would the thing have made a wing of the manor house at Chaynes-Wotten.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

At meals she sat beside the Purser, and seemed more or less under his wing.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

Synonyms for wing

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