EGAVE

wing

About 18.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
    The bird was flapping its wings
  2. noun A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
  3. noun Human arm.
  4. noun Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
    I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.
  5. noun One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
  6. noun One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
  7. noun Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
  8. noun Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

Similar words

fly fender flank extension backstage offstage annex annexe fin butterfly

Often followed by

of and is was to in with parties commander

Word family

winged wingier wingiest winging wings wingy

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