All wing synonyms
wing
W w verb wing
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- whiz β to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- head β Edith, 1897β1981, U.S. costume designer.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- maim β to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
- shoot β to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- damage β To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- wound β the act of winding.
noun wing
- annex β If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
- extension β A part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it; a continuation.
- arm β Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
- section β a part that is cut off or separated.
- part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- branch β The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
- circle β A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
- faction β a form of writing or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses them as an integral part of a fictional account.
- group β any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- side β one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- unit β a single thing or person.
- addition β An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
- adjunct β Something that is an adjunct to something larger or more important is connected with it or helps to perform the same task.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- bulge β If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
- clique β If you describe a group of people as a clique, you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- coterie β A coterie of a particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them.
- detachment β Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- division β the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- ell β A former measure of length (equivalent to six hand breadths) used mainly for textiles, locally variable but typically about 45 inches.
- expansion β The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
- projection β a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- prolongation β the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
- protrusion β the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- protuberance β the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- segment β one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- subdivision β the act or fact of subdividing.
- department β A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- organ β Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- aileron β An aileron is a section on the back edge of the wing of an aircraft that can be raised or lowered in order to control the aircraft's movement.
- airfoil β a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- appendage β An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
- feather β one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- pennon β a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
- pinion β the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.