Antonyms for wings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wingz

Phonetic Transcription : wɪŋz

Definition of wings

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 :

And the third time I said, 'Behold the winged separates from that which hath no wings.'
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

The voice again said, 'Behold the winged separates from that which hath no wings!'
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Tarleton advanced, with his infantry in the centre, and his cavalry on the wings.
Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James

I was thinking of my dream, and says I: 'Did she have her wings on?'
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

The ornithopter has hinged planes which work like the wings of a bird.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

He would willingly have accompanied her on the wings of a cloud to the regions of fancy.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

It was probably merely the beating of the wings of a night bird.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

But, in a gusty, uncertain wind it must use its wings or alight somewhere.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

They fell from the open sky like plummets, their wings half folded.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

It hovered about Eurylochus, and almost brushed his face with its wings.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms for wings

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