Wing synonyms
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The definition of an appendage, in relation to the body of a human or animal, is any part protruding from the torso or trunk.
A structure having a shape that provides lift, propulsion, stability, or directional control in a flying object. An aircraft wing provides lift by causing air to pass at a higher speed over the wing than below it, resulting in greater pressure below than above. Propellers are airfoils that are spun rapidly to provide propulsion.
Partisan conflict within an organization or a country; dissension
(Mathematics) The portion of a line between any two points on the line.
(Sports) To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.
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run like the wind
The more conservative or reactionary section of a political party or group
The more liberal or radical section of a political party, group, etc.
The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.
The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
(Computer Science) A set of characters that follow a filename and are separated from it by a period, used to identify the kind of file.
The definition of a side is half of something or someone, or a boundary.
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That part of a stage, as the wings, not visible to the audience
behind-stage
Entrance to the stage: usually plural
green-room
(entertainment) In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.
soup bone
*A pitching arm
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glass arm
*A pitching arm
heave machinery
*A pitching arm
To inflict a wound or wounds (on or upon); hurt; injure
To cause distress to; wound:
feather (related)
The definition of a feather is one of the flat slender growths that cover the bodies of birds.
unit (related)
The definition of a unit is a fixed standard amount or a single person, group, thing or number.
Shaped like a wing; alar.
dipterous
Having two wings, as some insects, or two winglike appendages, as some seeds
(Mathematics) The operation that, for positive integers, consists of increasing by a definite number of increments of 1. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the additive properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.
Any of several historical units of measure, originally based on the length of the arm or forearm but later standardized at other lengths, such as the English ell of 45 inches (114 centimeters).
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
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The definition of a fly is an insect that soars through the air and has transparent wings.
A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
Any flag or pennant
A post of employment; office; job
The definition of a protrusion is something that bulges out or sticks out.
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The definition of a sail is a strong sheet of fabric attached to a boat used to catch and use wind to move the boat forward in water.
base (antonym)
Base is defined as the lowest part of something or the part which supports the rest.
headquarters (antonym)
The offices of a commander, as of a military unit, from which orders are issued.
The definition of an agency is a group of people that performs some specific task, or that helps others in some way.
Any part or extension of a main body or system
An area of particular knowledge or responsibility; a specialty:
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An area of government or corporate activity organized as an administrative or functional unit.
The definition of an organ is a part of the body that has a specific function.
To move or sway while fixed at one edge or corner; flutter:
To fly lightly and rapidly; flutter
To flutter.
To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
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(Brit.) To ride (a horse) at a fast pace
To bustle is defined as to hurry.
Dart is defined as to move or throw quickly.
To hasten.
(Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly:
(Obsolete) To drift.
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To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
Hustle is defined as to move quickly or push, or to get something by wrongful or illegal ways.
(Intransitive) To throw out words.
Race is defined as to compete in a contest of speed.
A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
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To move swiftly; hurry:
To go or move quickly; hurry (off); dart
To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit:
To make (an opening) with force or energy.
(Obs.) To hurl or throw
To throw or spin rapidly:
To move with a sharp hissing sound.
To fly an airplane straight up
In haste.
To rip is defined as to cut or tear away, to move quickly, or to slash violently.
(Informal) To go at high speed
(Slang) To proceed at great speed
(Slang) To snatch up hastily.
get-a-move-on
go like lightning
hotfoot-it
make-haste
make-tracks
shake-a-leg
step (or jump) on it
part (related)
(US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. syn. transl.
move (related)
To be disposed of by sale:
samara (related)
(Place) City in SE European Russia, on the Volga
A device at the front end of a locomotive or streetcar designed to push aside obstructions.
turret (related)
fuselage (related)
arch (related)
tailplane (related)
canopy (related)
strut (related)
tail (related)
tie beam (related)
leg (related)
front (related)
flying unit
An organized group of aircraft
An exuberant or transcendent effort or display:
flying-squad
(Informal) A small, select team trained and equipped to take action quickly as in an emergency
air squadron
An organized group of aircraft
go like the wind
elytron
A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.
A hinged surface that is part of the back edge of each wing on an airplane. The ailerons are moved up or down to create uneven lift on the sides of the plane to control its rolling and tilting movements.
(Music) A group of instruments or voices in the same class considered as a division of a band, orchestra, or choir:
A thing or part that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface.
Find another word for wing. In this page you can discover 123 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for wing, like: appendage, pinion, airfoil, faction, annex, segment, bring down, run like the wind, right-wing, left-wing and end of the line.