Crossword-Solution: WING
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Wing | n. | One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. |
| Wing | n. | Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. |
| Wing | n. | One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. |
| Wing | n. | One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. |
| Wing | n. | Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing. |
| Wing | n. | Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion. |
| Wing | n. | Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc. |
| Wing | n. | An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot. |
| Wing | n. | Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. |
| Wing | n. | One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. |
| Wing | n. | Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. |
| Wing | n. | Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. |
| Wing | n. | One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece. |
| Wing | n. | A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace. |
| Wing | n. | The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. |
| Wing | n. | A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. |
| Wing | n. | The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. |
| Wing | n. | 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. |
| Wing | n. | One of the sides of the stags in a theater. |
| Wing | v. t. | To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. |
| Wing | v. t. | To supply with wings or sidepieces. |
| Wing | v. t. | To transport by flight; to cause to fly. |
| Wing | v. t. | To move through in flight; to fly through. |
| Wing | v. t. | To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| WING | anagram | GNIW |
We have 208 clues for the answer “WING”
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "WING"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Kind of apple
?
E
?
A
?
T
?
E
?
R
Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
15 +1
New Suggestion for "WING"
Related word tools
Sentences with WING (5)
But see the angry Victor hath recall’d His Ministers of vengeance and pursuit Back to the Gates of Heav’n: The Sulphurous Hail Shot after us in storm, oreblown hath laid The fiery Surge, that from the Precipice Of Heav’n receiv’d us falling, and the Thunder, Wing’d with red Lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless Deep.
The rustic, ignorant of his danger, was about to drink, when the Eagle struck his hand with his wing, and, seizing the drinking horn in his talons, carried it aloft.
Nevertheless, vixenly as she looks, many people are seeking at this very moment to shelter themselves under the wing of the federal eagle; imagining, I presume, that her bosom has all the softness and snugness of an eiderdown pillow.
Common trait of most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan underground.
The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city, where the lamps glimmered like carbuncles; and through the muffle and smother of these fallen clouds, the procession of the town’s life was still rolling in through the great arteries with a sound as of a mighty wind.
Quotes with WING (3)
If you want to fly, wear the wing of wisdom.
It was almost a mystical experience. I do not know how else to put it. My mind outran time as he neared, and it was as though I had an eternity to ponder the approach of this man who was my brother. His garments were filthy, his face blackened, the stump of his right arm raised, gesturing anywhere. The great beast that he rode was striped, black and red, with a wild red mane and tail. But it really was a horse, and its eyes rolled and there was foam at its mouth and its breat…
I have kept thee long in waiting, dear Romuald, and thou mayst well have thought that I had forgotten thee. But I have come from a long distance and from a place from which no one has ever before returned; there is neither moon nor sun in the country from which I come; there is naught but space and shadow; neither road nor path; no ground for the foot, no air for the wing; and yet here I am, for love is stronger than death, and it will end by vanquishing it. Ah! what gloomy f…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 180 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).