A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.
the west wing of the hospital
the wings of a corkscrew
(figurative) Either of two similar parts of something.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
Before going any farther on a wild goose chase I should advise you to verify the admitted American influence in the affair as connectible with Rigby Lacksome […]. Until that point is settled both wings of your deductions are purely in the air.
2021 July 18, “‘Woop’ Freestyle” (0:25 from the start), Trizz (lyrics):
They got bro-bro stuck on the wing, cah I picked up and bullet him
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, the sail of a ship, etc.
Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, Sailest the placid ocean-plains With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er.
A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
2017, Laura Bates, Girl Up, page 8:
It's a bit annoying but (like sanitary pads with wings) it's worth it if you want to stay extra secure.
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
(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.
1864, William M. Brady, The Kedge-anchor:
their ends may rest a little below the orlop-wing gratings
(sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
Smith started the game in the centre of midfield, but moved to the wing after 30 minutes.
(sports) A player occupying such a position; a winger.
2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC[1], archived from the original on 6 January 2012:
The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.
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."
1893, Amelia E. Barr, The Beads of Tasmer[2], James Clark, page 86:
A wing of plover , followed by a pack of grouse , were too much for him - or rather , too much for me, for he left me to pursue them
1860, Marksman (pseud.), The Dead Shot Or Sportsman's Complete Guide...[3], Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, page 290:
Some sportsmen make no scruple about firing into the "thick" of a wing of plovers, and killing as many as they can: plovers being birds that are "here to-day, and gone to-morrow;" and they are so restless and wary, that but few shots can at any time of year be had at them.
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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.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
He had pulled up so expertly that the man escaped, so smoothly that not a passenger was jarred, and now he sat with a dazed and vacant expression on his face, leaning forward on his steering wheel, while caustic inquiry and retort winged unheeded up and down the line behind him.
(transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
Deep folly! yet that this could be— That I could wing my will with might To leap the grades of life and light, And flash at once, my friend, to thee: […]
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 78
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