English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

wing

noun

1 wing

A movable organ for flying (one of a pair).

Roget 726: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, ... show more

Roget 666: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison etc. 752; asylum, ark, ... show more

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, ... show more

Roget 267: navigation; aquatics; boating, yachting; ship etc. 273; oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron.    natation, ... show more

Roget 51: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, ... show more

Dutch: vlerk, vleugel, wiek
Polish: skrzydło

2 wing

One of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane.

Dutch: vleugel
Polish: skrzydło

3 wing

A stage area out of sight of the audience.

synonyms: backstage, offstage.

Roget 599: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, ... show more

Polish: kulisa

4 wing

A unit of military aircraft.

Polish: skrzydło

5 wing

The side of military or naval formation.

synonym: flank.

Roget 236: laterality; side, flank, quarter, lee; hand; cheek, jowl, jole, wing; profile; temple, parietes [Lat.], loin, ... show more

Dutch: flank
Polish: oddział boczny

6 wing

A hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side.

7 wing

in flight formation A position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft.

Dutch: vlerk

8 wing

A group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function.

Polish: frakcja, skrzydło, odłam

9 wing

The wing of a fowl.

Polish: skrzydło, skrzydełko

10 wing

A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud:
— In Britain they call a fender a wing.

synonym: fender.

11 wing

An addition that extends a main building.

synonyms: annex, annexe, extension.

Roget 39: adjunct; addition, additament; additum [Lat.], affix, appelidage, annexe, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, ... show more

Dutch: bijgebouw, uitbouw, aanhangsel, bijlage, vleugel, zijvleugel

verb

1 wing

Travel through the air; be airborne.

synonym: fly.


Moby thesaurus: KP, L, act drop, addition, administration, aeroplane, affiliate, age group, air arm, air corps, air force, air service, airlift, airplane, annex, appendage, arm, army, army group, asbestos ... show more.

Find more on wing elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.1046