Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of wing.
- n. The unseen area each side of a stage.
- n. The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members
- n. a means of flight or ascent
Examples
“_And the four Beasts had each of them six wings_, two to a tribe, in all twenty and four wings, answering to the twenty and four stations of the people.”
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John
“Having a succession of plants ready in the wings is a great way to keep vegetable gardens productive and menus filled with options.”
“San Diego Chargers (from New York Giants): A little speed on the wings is always nice.”
USATODAY.com - Mock draft begins with feast or famine for Rodgers
“Waiting in the wings is the ever-colorful Mirriam Defensor-Santiago, who forswore politics after her son committed suicide, but threw her hat into the ring anyway (she says she needs the politics to get her mind off her grief).”
“He has just arrived at London, and was leaving for our place on what he called the wings of the wind.”
“The Hebrew for "wings" is the same as for the idol Cneph, which was represented in temple sculptures with wings (Ps 91: 4). beyond -- Meroe, the island between the "rivers" Nile and Astaboras is meant, famed for its commerce, and perhaps the seat of the Ethiopian government, hence addressed here as representing the whole empire: remains of temples are still found, and the name of "Tirhakah" in the inscriptions.”
“Males flair their leathery skin wings at her – vestigial, but colorful reds and yellows, sometimes a dramatic neon blue.”
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“An eagle with outstretched wings is in the center, clutching three arrows in the left claw and a small olive branch in the right, with a shield placed across its breast.”
Liberty Head Double Eagle, Without Motto, 1849-1866 : Coin Guide
“The last thing we want with our fun, beer, betting and chicken wings is a controversial and emotional issue thrown in.”
“He came upon a valley where rock ptarmigan rose on whirring wings from the ledges and muskegs.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wings’.
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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AGRI - apiculture
lucerne, HMF, Heather, harvest, glucose, honey, fluid, Erica, Gaucho, microscopic, enzym, tea tree and 183 more...
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Band or Brand?
Band names that are also common words or phrases.
genesis, who, beatles, journey, germs, sublime, doors, cars, nirvana, bangles, tool, pixies and 192 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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Livestock Brands
Words related to livestock brands, along with some examples of how the brands would be "called." Brands are usually read from left to right, from top to bottom, and from the outside to the inside.
running w, flying j, rocking chair, rocking r, lazy y 4, square and compass, spider web, broken heart, walking y, y 4 connected, dollbaby, l in a house and 51 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Best words in Beatles songs
kaleidoscope, plasticine, porters, tangerine, marmalade, cellophane, turnstile, marshmallow, lingers, slither, restless, limitless and 91 more...
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Flutter
tuberose, golden apple, apple cider, unicorn, extraordinary, Pleiades, Merope, speckle, glitter, rose, pitter-pat, whale and 314 more...
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Most of the Nouns from Joanna Newsom'...
meadowlark, sparrow, spree, pharoah, pharisees, comb, meadow, pines, marrow, bones, birches, spires and 95 more...
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It was good enough for Billy Burroughs
smack, dope, junk, mud, h, skag, black tar, horse, brown sugar, chiva, boy, black and 237 more...
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Bible names
noah, almighty, cain, abel, father, mother, israel, king, sanctuary, spirit, psalm, blessing and 236 more...
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eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
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Tunie: Mark Rothko Song
A sad song by Dar Williams, from her album The Honesty Room.
The blue it speaks so full
It's like the beauty one can barely stand
Or too much things dropped in your ...pedestrians, kind, wash away, desperate, uptown, coffee, foot in the grave, folks, suicide, museum, powers, cost and 29 more...
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Words that are also TV shows
Trace back the chain of "this idea was ripped off from" over here.
alias, lost, heroes, journeyman, blossom, monk, scrubs, reaper, hack, legend, recess, firefly and 62 more...
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Poetrie: Paired Things
by Kay Ryan
Who, who had only seen wings,
could extrapolate the
skinny sticks of things
birds use for land,
the backward way they bend,
the silly way they...common crow, bandylegged, quit the air, raven of despair, dreamed, odd, paired things, wind, decamped, little forks, birdtracks, stand and 9 more...
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Themes
Themes from my life, writing, and art.
identity, self, too much, not enough, sorry, walls, borders, boundaries, flight, wings, butterflies, rebirth and 25 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for wings.
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