wing : Idioms & Phrases

• noun South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers
  Begonia cocchinea.
  

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• noun chicken wings cooked in barbecue sauce
  

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• noun tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
  alula; bastard wing.
  

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• (Zoöl.), three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula.

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Bat's"-wing", Bat"wing adjective (Also<

• Bat's-wing
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1. Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner.

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• noun common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
  fringed polygala; gaywings; Polygala paucifolia; flowering wintergreen.
  

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• noun stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
  Himantopus himantopus.
  

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• noun American teal
  bluewing; Anas discors.
  

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• noun a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps
  

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• noun crisp spicy chicken wings
  

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• noun the wing of a chicken
  

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• noun an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle
  

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Ea"gle-winged` adjective

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1. Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle. Shak.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard.

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• noun either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings
  fore wing; forewing.
  

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• noun either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings
  fore wing; forewing.
  

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• noun having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged
  biplane flying fish.
  

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Full"-winged` adjective

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1. Having large and strong or complete wings. Shak.
2. Beady for flight; eager. Archaic Beau. & Fl.

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• noun common teal of Eurasia and North America
  Anas crecca; greenwing.
  

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Hand"-winged` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See Cheiroptera.

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Lace"-winged` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies.

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• noun those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
  left.
  

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• adjective satellite believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
  leftist; left-of-center.
  

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Light"-winged` adjective

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1. Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. Shak.

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• etc. See under Road, Way, etc.

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• adverb flying through the air
  in flight.
  
  • we saw the ducks in flight

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• . (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.

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• with the utmost velocity.

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• adjective satellite having a single wing
  

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• noun North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
  Agelaius phoeniceus; redwing.
  

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• noun those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
  right.
  

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• adjective satellite believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
  rightist.
  

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• noun the long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air
  rotor blade.
  

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Sack"-winged` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.

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Scale"-winged` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the lepidoptera; scaly-winged.

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Scal"y-winged` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Scale-winged.

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Sea" wing`

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1. (Zoöl.) A wing shell (Avicula).

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Sheath"-winged` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.

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• adjective satellite (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings
  brachypterous.
  

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• adjective satellite having slender wings
  

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• adjective satellite having small wings
  

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Spur"-winged` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of long-legged African geese of the genus Plectropterus and allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose (P. Gambensis) and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Ægyptiaca).

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• (Zoöl.), an Old World plover (Hoplopterus spinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa and the adjacent parts of Asia and Europe.

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• noun tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
  alula; bastard wing.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the bastard wing, or alula.

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Stand"ard-wing` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.

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• to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation.

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• to exert the power of flying; to fly.

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• noun the wing of a turkey
  

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• noun having only pectoral fins enlarged
  monoplane flying fish.
  

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• noun insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
  dipteron; dipteran; dipterous insect.
  

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• under the care or protection of.

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Wa"ter wing`

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1. (Arch.) One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.

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• noun a life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy; used by children learning to swim
  

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• (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either side; said of a schooner, or her sails, when going before the wind with the foresail on one side and the mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged.

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• noun either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
  elytron.
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of the anterior wings of beetles, and of some other insects, when thickened and used to protect the hind wings; an elytron; called also wing cover.

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• noun easy chair having wings on each side of a high back
  

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• noun (RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of the small feathers covering the bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2.

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• noun North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections
  wing elm; Ulmus alata.
  

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• noun a flat situated in the wings
  coulisse.
  

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• (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon.

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• noun the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wing area
  

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• noun any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia
  wing nut.
  
• noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
  butterfly nut; thumbnut; wing screw; wing nut.
  

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• noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
  butterfly nut; thumbnut; wing screw; wing nut.
  

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• (Zoöl.), wing case of an insect.

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• noun shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing)
  

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• the stroke or sweep of a wing.

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• noun a shoe having a wing-tip toecap
  
• noun a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe
  

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• (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern; called also main transom. J. Knowles.

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Wing"-foot`ed adjective

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1. Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet. Drayton.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. (b) Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks.

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Wing"-hand`ed adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.

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Wing"-leaved` adjective

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1. (Bot.) Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.

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• noun any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia
  wing nut.
  
• noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
  butterfly nut; thumbnut; wing screw; wing nut.
  

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• adjective satellite having or resembling wings
  aliform; alar; alary.
  

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Wing"-shell` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing. (b) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus. (c) Any pteropod shell.

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• noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  winged bean; Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; goa bean; goa bean vine.
  

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• noun North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections
  wing elm; Ulmus alata.
  

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• noun Australian plant widely cultivated for its beautiful silvery-white blooms with bright yellow centers on long winged stems
  Ammobium alatum.
  

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• noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  winged bean; Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; goa bean; goa bean vine.
  
• noun sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
  Lotus tetragonolobus; asparagus pea.
  

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• noun bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
  tumbleweed; Cycloloma atriplicifolium.
  

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• noun bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China
  Euonymous alatus.
  

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