wings

Meanings

Noun

• a means of flight or ascent
  • "necessity lends wings to inspiration"
• stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members
• a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
• one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
• a stage area out of sight of the audience
• a unit of military aircraft
• the side of military or naval formation
• a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
• (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
• a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function
• the wing of a fowl
  • "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings"
• a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
• an addition that extends a main building
• plural of wing
• A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
• A flip (hairstyle)

Verb

• travel through the air; be airborne
• third-person singular simple present indicative of wing

Synonyms

annex, annexe, backstage, extension, fender, flank, fly, offstage, wing