wing
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,975 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 42,686 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- 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 also: offstage, backstage
- a unit of military aircraft
- the side of military or naval formation also: flank they attacked the enemy's right flank
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
wing in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Ah, haste ye hours! quick plume the loit'ring wing!
Elegies and Other Small Poems · Matilda Betham · Chapter 1
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He was the chief native officer in your father's wing of the regiment.
Through Three Campaigns · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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On the left wing of the building a little horn-latticed door opened upon a garden leading down to the moat.
The Life of Sir John Falstaff · Robert B. (Robert Barnabas) Brough · Chapter 1
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As he watched, the aero almost leveled out, teetered on one wing and sideslipped out of sight behind a distant dune.
The Dead-Star Rover · Robert Abernathy · Chapter 1
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Lee Wing was very fat, his broad, yellow face generally wearing a cheerful grin—unless he happened to catch sight of Hogg.
A Little Bush Maid · Mary Grant Bruce · Chapter 1