WING
verb
Definitions
- 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. Pope. Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. Longfellow.
- 2. To supply with wings or sidepieces. The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. Shak.
- 3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly. I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. Shak.
- 4. To move through in flight; to fly through. There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him. Moore.
- 5. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird. To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly.
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Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025