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English

Etymology

From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr (“wing”), from Proto-Germanic *w?inga, *w?ingan-. Cognate with Danish vinge (“wing”), Swedish vinge (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), West Frisian wjuk (“wing”), from *h?weh?- (“to blow”), thus related to wind. Replaced native Middle English fither (from Old English fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþrij?), which merged with fether (from Old English feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþr?). More at feather.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?ng, IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

wing (plural wings)

1. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly

2. A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
3. (slang) Human arm.
4. (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

5. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
6. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
7. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
8. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
9. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
10. Passage by flying; flight.
11. Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
12. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.

13. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
14. A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
15. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
16. A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
17. A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
18. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
    1. (Britain) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
    2. (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
19. (Britain) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
20. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
21. (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)

22. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.

23. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
24. (typography, informal, rare) A há?ek.
    • 1985, David Grambs, Literary Companion Dictionary, page 378:

      ? wing, wedge, h?cek, inverted circumflex (Karel ?apek)

26. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
27. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
    • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

      Anyone and everyone with wings - press officers, operations specialists, even General Curtis LeMay, commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe - was put on flight duty and took turns flying double shifts for "Operation Vittles."

28. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
29. On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype

Alternative forms

• weng, whing, wyng (all obsolete)

Synonyms

• (panel of a car): fender (US), guard (Australia)
• (sports position): forward
• (U.S. Air Force): delta (U.S. Space Force), garrison (U.S. Space Force)

Hyponyms

• left wing
• right wing

Derived terms

Related terms

• on the wing
• take under one's wing
• wing it
• wait in the wings

Translations

Verb

wing (third-person singular simple present wings, present participle winging, simple past and past participle winged or (nonstandard) wung)

1. (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
2. (intransitive) To fly.

   • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

3. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
4. (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

5. (transitive) To throw.
6. (transitive) To furnish with wings.
7. (transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
8. (transitive) To traverse by flying.

Translations

Anagrams

• Gwin, gwin

Middle English

Noun

wing

1. Alternative form of winge

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English wing.

Noun

wing

1. wing

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Adjective

wing

1. little (by amount)

English

Alternative forms

• cruize

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kro?oz, IPA^(key): /k?u?z/
• Homophone: crews
• Rhymes: -u?z

Noun

cruise (plural cruises)

1. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
2. (aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
3. (US, military, informal) A period spent in the Marine Corps.
   • 1919, United States. Marine Corps, Recruiters' Bulletin (page 16)

     I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]

   • 2015, George Barnett, Andy Barnett, George Barnett, Marine Corps Commandant: A Memoir, 1877-1923

     The New Orleans had to have numerous alterations made, and as the Chicago was just about going into commission, I was ordered to that ship to finish my cruise.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

cruise (third-person singular simple present cruises, present participle cruising, simple past and past participle cruised)

1. (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.

   • He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].

2. (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
3. (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
4. (transitive, intransitive, forestry) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
5. (transitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
6. (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
7. (intransitive, sports) To win easily and convincingly.

Derived terms

• beach cruiser
• cruiser
• cruising for a bruising

Descendants

• ? Dutch: cruisen, cruise

Translations

Anagrams

• crusie, curies

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cruise, from Dutch kruisen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kru?s/
• Hyphenation: cruise
• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

cruise m (plural cruises, diminutive cruiseje n)

1. cruise

Derived terms

• cruiseboot
• cruisereis
• cruiseschip

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch kruisen, via English cruise

Noun

cruise n (definite singular cruiset, indefinite plural cruise, definite plural cruisa or cruisene)

1. a cruise

Derived terms

• cruiseskip

References

• “cruise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch kruisen, via English cruise

Noun

cruise n (definite singular cruiset, indefinite plural cruise, definite plural cruisa)

1. a cruise

Derived terms

• cruiseskip

References

• “cruise” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.