wing
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- noun
- /wɪŋ/
- During the flight, I watched the bird gracefully flap its wings as it soared through the sky.
- bird wings
- flap its wings
- a pair of wings
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Watch on YouTubeIt grows eyes, it grows wings, it grows its legs.
- It grows eyes, it grows wings, it grows its legs.
- So here we might talk about the wing as being the wing of the bird.
- Do you know where some like owl wings are?
- Do you know why birds fly 'cause I got wings.
- A pigeon has been described as two eyes with wings.
- Is that like, so if we talk about those the the flap of a butterfly wing, like what's the first flap?
- It rests the Sinnapol I on a butterfly's wing.
- And the monstrosity leapt into the sky, punishing the air with rent wings.
Examples
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Let's see, did you guys ever decide if a wing was white meat or dark meat?
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So here we might talk about the wing as being the wing of the bird.
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I mean, look at the bird's wing, OK?
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If we take this and make this part of the wing...
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We got the small wings, OK, I love the flat parts.
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You can see its wings unfold as it turns from purple to blue.
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The bird is flapping its wings wildly as if trying to get out.
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The chef marinated the chicken wings before grilling them for the barbecue.
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The book details how birds use their wings to navigate long migrations each year.
Synonyms
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The wing of a chicken cooked and eaten as a snack
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A wing of a turkey that people eat
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A chicken wing cooked with a sweet, smoky sauce, usually grilled or baked
Idioms
Compounds
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People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
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A senior Royal Air Force officer who is above a squadron leader and below a group captain
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A set of long rotating blades on a helicopter that lift it and let it hover
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A South American plant with wing-shaped leaves and red flower clusters
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A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
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One of the front pair of thin parts an insect uses to fly when it has four wings
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A North American tree with rough, thick bumps on its branches that look like wings
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A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing
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A small group of stiff feathers on a bird's thumb that helps control flight
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Etymology
Wing comes from an old Germanic word for the body part birds and insects use to fly, so picture it as the moving 'part' that pushes air and lifts an animal off the ground.