wing1 nounwing2 verb
wingwing1 /wɪŋ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a new children's wing at the hospital
- butterfly wings
- The racist right wing staged their biggest demonstration yet in the main square.
- the south wing of the Capitol
- The Tamil Tigers have had a political wing since 1976, but never registered it as a legal party.
- They were members of the Marxist wing of the Socialist Party.
- A process or an abstraction has to be caught on the wing.
- A set of wings was also introduced, said to have been designed by Jock Lewes.
- He had wings on his feet he ran so fast.
- Several times from wing to a desk at center stage he glanced out at the audience to acknowledge the applause.
- Some of these have wings and fly away to start new colonies of aphids on other plants.
- The feather'd fowls have wings, to fly to other nations.
- The stair-well in this wing indicates an upper storey which presumably would have been much on the same plan.
- We grilled things for them and fried wings.
Longman Language Activatorto look after someone by helping them
especially British also take care of to make sure someone has everything they need and is safe and happy: · We had a lovely time in Dorset. Susan looked after us very nicely. She's a wonderful cook.· Paul's old enough to look after himself.· Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself.be well looked after (=always given everything you need): · Alex could see the horse had been well looked after.· Don't look so worried -- she's being well looked after by the nurses.take good care of somebody (=be very careful in order to keep somebody healthy, happy, or safe): · Take good care of yourself while you're away.· They took very good care of me.· The firm is getting a reputation for taking better care of its customers than in the past.
to give someone the care and help that you regularly give them, especially as part of your job: · Dr Gresham is busy at the moment attending to one of his patients.· The cabin crew will attend to the passengers' needs.· They worked happily together, feeding and attending to the livestock.
to start to look after a younger or less experienced person in a friendly way with the intention of helping them or protecting them while they gain experience: · Adrienne, eleven years older, had taken the 19-year-old singer under her wing.· He had sized me up, he said, and had decided to take me under his wing.
part of an organization a shop, office, or bank in a particular area that is part of a larger organization: · Our store has branches all over the country.· I'm sorry, we can't change foreign currency. We're only a small branch, you see.branch of: · You can deposit money at any branch of the Northwest Pacific Bank.
a department of a large organization, such as a company, school, or hospital, is a part of it that is responsible for a particular kind of work: · Our department deals mainly with exports.· Which department do you work in?Sales/Accounts/Planning etc Department (=in a company or large organization): · Melissa is in charge of the Marketing Department.Art/History/Science etc Department (=in a school or university): · She works in the Humanities departmentthe Department of Science/English/Trade etc (=in a school or university, or other large organization, especially a government): · the Department of Trade and Industry· the Department of Experimental Psychology
a large part of an organization, especially a company, which often includes several smaller parts: · The sales and advertising departments are both part of the marketing division.· I work in the administration division as a mail mover.division of: · the Japanese division of American Express
a part of an organization, especially a part of a company or a political group, that is responsible for a special area of its work: · The party's Young Conservatives section is growing fast.· The tutor asked the brass section to play their piece again.section of: · We had to go to the 'late payments' section of the Financial Aid office.
a part of an area of economic activity, such as industry or trade: manufacturing/business/retail etc sector: · The growth in the number of home computers has boosted the electronics sector.· The new sales tax caused problems for the retail sector (=the shops and stores that sell goods to the public).public sector (=organizations that the government owns): · The main source of work here is public sector employment.private/independent sector (=organizations that the government does not own): · Private sector pay increases were again above the rate of inflation.
a part of a political party or a similar organization that has different ideas from the rest of the party, or is involved in different activities: right/left wing: · The racist right wing staged their biggest demonstration yet in the main square. political/military wing: · The Tamil Tigers have had a political wing since 1976, but never registered it as a legal party. wing of: · They were members of the Marxist wing of the Socialist Party.
informal: the financial/business/marketing etc side a particular part of an organization's activity: · I'm in charge of production, and Martha takes care of the financial side.
WORD SETSaerial, adjectiveaero-, prefixaerobatics, nounaerodrome, nounaeronautics, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft, nounaircrew, nounairfare, nounairfield, nounairline, nounairliner, nounair pocket, nounairport, nounairship, nounairsick, adjectiveairspace, nounairspeed, nounairstrip, nounair terminal, nounair traffic controller, nounairway, nounairworthy, adjectivealtimeter, nounapron, nounautomatic pilot, nounautopilot, nounaviation, nounaviator, nounballast, nounballoon, nounballooning, nounbank, verbbarrage balloon, nounbiplane, nounblack box, nounblimp, nounboarding card, nounboarding pass, nounbulkhead, nounbusiness class, nounbuzz, verbcabin, nouncaptain, nouncarousel, nounceiling, nouncharter flight, nouncheck-in, nounchock, nounchopper, nounchute, nounclub class, nouncontrail, nouncontrol tower, nounco-pilot, nouncowling, nouncraft, nouncrash landing, noundeparture lounge, noundepartures board, noundirigible, noundisembark, verbdive, verbeconomy class, nouneject, verbejector seat, nounfin, nounflap, nounflier, nounflight, nounflight attendant, nounflight deck, nounflight path, nounflight recorder, nounflight simulator, nounfly, verbflyby, nounflyer, nounflying, nounflypast, nounfree fall, nounfuselage, noungate, nounglider, noungliding, noungondola, nounground, verbground control, nounground crew, nounground staff, nounhangar, nounhang-glider, nounhang-gliding, nounhelicopter, nounhelicopter pad, nounheliport, nounhijacking, nounholding pattern, nounhot-air balloon, nounhydroplane, nouninbound, adjectivein-flight, adjectiveinstrument panel, nounjet, nounjet engine, nounjet-propelled, adjectivejet propulsion, nounjoystick, nounjumbo jet, nounjump jet, nounland, verblanding gear, nounlanding strip, nounlayover, nounlift, nounlight aircraft, nounlounge, nounlow-flying, adjectivemicrolight, nounmonoplane, nounnavigation, nounno-fly zone, nounnose, nounnosedive, nounnosedive, verboverfly, verbparachute, nounparachute, verbparachutist, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, nounpitch, verbplane, nounplot, verbpod, nounpressurized, adjectiveprop, nounpropeller, nounradio beacon, nounrefuel, verbripcord, nounroll, verbroll, nounrotor, nounrudder, nounrunway, nounseaplane, nounseat belt, nounshort-haul, adjectiveski plane, nounskycap, nounsonic boom, nounspoiler, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstrut, nounswept-back, adjectiveswoop, verbtail, nountailspin, nountake-off, nountaxi, verbterminal, nountest pilot, nounthrust, nountouchdown, nountransit lounge, nountransport plane, nounturbojet, nounturboprop, nountwin-engined, adjectiveundercarriage, nounupgrade, verbvapour trail, nounwheel, verbwindsock, nounwind tunnel, nounwing, nounwingspan, nounwingtip, nounzeppelin, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
a wing mirror a leading member of a Tory think tank
(=move them)· The ducks woke up and flapped their wings.
(=move them in a regular way while flying)· The female beats her wings as fast as 500 times a second.
(=move them quickly)· I heard some birds fluttering their wings outside the window.
· The dragon spread its wings and gave an experimental flap.
(=open them completely)· The cage was so small the birds could not even stretch their wings.
· Gannets fold their wings and plummet like an arrow into the sea to catch their prey.
· Dusky wings flapped overhead.
· Their great wings beat slowly.
adjectives· The eagle descended on outstretched wings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=it moves its wings up and down)· The baby birds were trying to flap their wings.
· Chop the chicken breast into pieces.
· The left-wing coalition was led by the former guerrilla movement.
· The new left-wing government restructured the economy.
literary:· Swallows swooped to snatch winged insects from the sky.
a wing mirror· Support for the right-wing parties was strongest among young working-class men.
· He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.
a leading member of a Tory think tank· the students’ extreme left-wing views
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· It is as much a product of the struggle for existence as are the black wings of the peppered moth.· Athelstan felt he was looking at a man already under the shadow of Death's soft, black wing.· Have you ever noticed that a lot of butterflies have the colour black on their wings?· No black on wings and no long trailing legs distinguish them from all other large white birds in flight.· There were, no doubt, hundreds of moths with brand new genes for black wings in nineteenth-century Manchester.· Bateleur Eagles are unusual in having dimorphic plumage, the female displays grey secondary feathers whilst males have entirely black wings.· Smaller and shorter-tailed than Woodpigeon, with no white patches, but has black wing-tips and two short black bars on wing.· Almost a big as an oystercatcher, it is all white with black on the wings and back.
· In fact, some party stalwarts, particularly those from the religious conservative wing begged him to seek the nomination.· He recalled watching the Democrats rebuff their own conservative wing until they lost their majority.
· With great rounded wings, spectacularly patterned pale and dark beneath, they circled effortlessly.· With a sari Psepha unfolded his great wings and launched himself from his tree.· It was a truly terrible storm, stronger than her great wings, stronger than anything.
· He turned to the left wing and announced Gabriel Marcel.· One, Ram Singh Rathor, was controlling the left wing.· Caught him on the rise just under the left wing at quarters.· Taylor's plan backfired from the moment Flo switched to the left wing and took Pallister with him.· To his left wing he could see the great blackness of the Park, lit only occasionally by murky yellow lights.· To his left wing he made out a line of higher hills and headed for it.· It flipped and spun a number of times, fuel spilling out of the damaged left wing - the aircraft was doomed.
· And it converted many more economists to the liberal, anti-interventionist wing of their trade.· Of all the federal departments, Treasury is not one where we have learned to find the liberal wing of our presidencies.· Mr Massow said the controversy had pitted the Tory leader, William Hague, against his own party's liberal wing.· His departure was widely portrayed as a defeat for the liberal wing of the party.· Zwygart, a teacher and a member of parliament, was described as being on the party's liberal wing.
· His immediate response was to arrest 150 people for suspected links with Hamas's military wing, Izzadin el-Qassam.· The Blue Angels, the military adverts with wings and roof-skimming stunt pilots.· His critics say he should not sit in government with a party whose military wing holds on to illegal weapons.· Was he talking to political leaders who no longer or never could control the military wing?
· The deal was correctly seen as an attempt to clip the political wings of smaller parties and of President Havel.· We are the political wing of the Liberal Party.· There was anger and immediate condemnation from all parties save Euskal Herritarok, perceived as the separatist group's political wing.· And Greenness can be seen as the political wing of the New Age.· A different section of the resistance consisted of the political wing led by ex-President BeneÜ.· The Tigers have had a political wing since 1976 but never registered it as a legal party.
· Left wing to right wing-try.· That you know it is right wing agenda.· Tony Underwood moves from the right wing to deputise for his brother.· A mad scramble followed a Dollar free throw, and Hamilton eventually grabbed the ball on the right wing.· The republican state was undermined by the right wing counter reforms which eased the road to violence.· First and foremost, our fear that the right wing would have veto power over appointments to the Supreme Court.· Eisenhower made it public for domestic political reasons, to appease the right wing of the Republican Party.
· Both sexes show white wing patches in flight, looking rather like small Goldeneye.· He was in white ducks, brown and white wing tips, and a yellow silk sport shirt.· The tumbling pigeons rose up and tumbled down, their white wings bright in the sunlight.· He was right there in front of me, white wings and a blue robe with gold buttons.· Immature distinguishable from other immature skuas by small size, smaller bill and much less white in wings.· One of the largest land birds of the region, showing much white on black-tipped wings in flight.· The main thrust of the President's speech was an effort to appease the white right wing.· Female and juvenile have no distinctive features, differing from Calandra and White-winged Larks in lack of white in wing.
NOUN· She knocked and opened the door and saw Patrick asleep in his wing chair.· He would be reading, and she would be sitting across from him in a wing chair.· One large wing chair in an attractive pale pink fabric blends perfectly with the dual colour scheme.· The big leather wing chair that usually faced the doorway in the library was turned around.· Louella removed her apron and sat on the vanity bench, as they took their accustomed places in the wing chairs.· The two red leather wing chairs were drawn up to the fireplace, facing it.· Barnabas leapt from the sofa and dashed after the biscuit that had skidded under a wing chair.
· But modern wing collars, frankly, don't work.· If you insist on wearing a made-up tie, wear a shirt with a turned-down collar, not a wing collar.
· This time it was an inspector I who had come looking for the wing commander, his sergeant and his constable.· Two wing commanders in a row had been fired, and things were getting progressively worse.
· These stones were removed when this monument was demolished and built in steps in the east wing of the villa.· In the plans, the east wing next to SuperTarget carried a sign with the Gordmans logo.· In the east wing of the hospital there was a linen store that was never used after about nine-thirty in the morning.· She was found by the caretaker, whimpering and exhausted on the ground floor of the east wing.· Somewhere behind the east wing of the castle glass shattered.· Olive steadfastly refused to move from the Hall, retreating gradually into the east wing as the rest deteriorated.· In re-planning the east wing galleries, built in 1928-32, great efforts have been made to respect their dignified classical architecture.
· Hedges rose to either side and the Cadillac's wing mirrors clipped against them.· Bill was leaning on his cab, spitting at the wing mirror and half-heartedly polishing it with his sleeve.· All the controls are easy to use, although adjusting the wing mirrors took a bit of working out.· I could see in the wing mirror that my arrival had provoked some interest.· Mobuto recoiled in horror, stumbling back painfully into the Studebaker's wing mirror.· As the Ford charged after the Mercedes, Dunn saw in his wing mirror a spurt of tracer fire.· The fork-lift truck was not fitted with either wing mirrors or a speedometer.· They came down on the coach from Manchester and were delayed for an hour by a missing wing mirror.
· It stretched away into the darkness towards the empty north wing.· The north wing with its range of rooms has more the appearance of a hostelry than a house.· By day she remained behind locked doors in the room near the north wing which her two sons had shared.
· After all, what's a wing tip and a Continent between friends?· Wings must include the entire wing with skin and muscle intact, but the wing tip may be removed. 4.· New fibreglass wing tips and dorsal fin additions were attached.· He was in white ducks, brown and white wing tips, and a yellow silk sport shirt.· Remove the wing tips and reserve with the neck and gizzard for a stock.· Her leg is broken, and the wing tip! but not badly.
VERB· Parties aren't the same with parents there - they do clip one's wings somewhat.· State Department shutdowns have clipped the wings of travelers.· The deal was correctly seen as an attempt to clip the political wings of smaller parties and of President Havel.· I just clipped his wings a little, that's all.· It will clip her wings, but it won't clip Liam's, and that's where the resentment will start.
· The wowhawk flapped its wings desperately. ` Let go!· A pair of night birds circled above, the flapping of their wings and their eerie screeches penetrating the thickening mist.· However, the equation assumes stationary rather than flapping wings, making its use in this case misleading.· A single bat was created and given leeway to automatically flap its wings.· To flap their wings they will need more than 1,000 square centimetres.· He looked as if he were about to flap his wings and strike.· When he looked around, the wowhawk on her shoulder flapped its wings in his face.
· She must be allowed to spread her wings and open up.· They just spread their wings and take off.· Diana was eager to spread her wings and start her own life in London.· Others are like birds in a greenhouse: banging against the glass, desperate to spread their wings.· Later, I take off my watch to let it spread its wings.· Then it spreads its wings and flies away, ready for its first meal of nectar!· On its way down, the bundle unfolded, spreading wings left and right.· The falcon spreads flightless wings and stalks among months of droppings.
· He stopped by on his night off, was let in the stage door, and stood in the wings.· The village church is gone, the orphanage is still standing, though one wing of it has been gutted by fire.· Ensign Erik Neal, stands on the bridge wing and talks to the helmsman on a microphone.· Several nights before, Stephen Foster had shown up to stand in the wings and watch the play.· Janeth Arcain was standing on the right wing, watching, waiting, figuring Cooper was going to make a play.
· None the less, there are always people waiting in the wings to discredit a positive image.· The world's list of mammals is about five thousand long, but three thousand more may be waiting in the wings.· Hundreds of similar cases waited in the wings.· Platt has had to wait in the wings because he is one of four foreign players fighting for the permitted three places.· The local chapter leaders waiting in the wings seemed upset.· Shortstop Jose Vizcaino is a free agent, and if his price is too high Rich Aurilia is waiting in the wings.· There were no wealthy aunts or uncles waiting in the wings.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► on a wing and a prayer► get your wingsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1- He stopped by on his night off, was let in the stage door, and stood in the wings.
- None the less, there are always people waiting in the wings to discredit a positive image.
- On Concorde, though, the engines are embedded in the wings, next to the fuel tanks.
- Platt has had to wait in the wings because he is one of four foreign players fighting for the permitted three places.
- The local chapter leaders waiting in the wings seemed upset.
- There were no wealthy aunts or uncles waiting in the wings.
- Many unforeseen dangers may be lurking in the wings.
- None the less, there are always people waiting in the wings to discredit a positive image.
- Scheiner was still in the wings at the time of the trial.
- Special care is needed if the wings are wet when extra speed is necessary, because the stalling speed is raised.
- The world's list of mammals is about five thousand long, but three thousand more may be waiting in the wings.
- Why do they think the wings are designed this way?
- May flies and caddis flies were on the wing.
- This area is noted for butterflies in the summer, and in August the purple hairstreak will be on the wing.
- Abroad, too, imagination took wing.
- Freed in the slipstream of profanity, it took wing.
- Her heart had taken wing as she and Mandy had walked down into the lodge.
- Often they perch on rooftops like gargoyles, waiting hours for nightfall so they can take wing.
- Adrienne, eleven years older, had taken the 19-year-old singer under her wing.
- He had sized me up, he said, and had decided to take me under his wing.
- Tom took the young reporter under his wing.
- Adrienne, eleven years older, had taken her under her wing.
- Gyorgy Aczel, the liberal-minded ideology chief, spotted the talented regional boss and took him under his wings.
- He had sized me up, he later explained, and had decided to take me under his wing.
- He understood that the boy had had little formal education until Edouard took him under his wing.
- Nor could you expect some sage old workman to take you under his wing and bestow upon you his store of knowledge.
- Simon's uncle had taken him under his wing, so Simon and his wife, Mary, half lived there.
- They monitor the student at the work site and take them under their wing.
- The economic troubles could clip the wings of entrepreneurs starting small businesses.
- Recently she's begun spreading her wings, taking courses in real estate.
- Diana was eager to spread her wings and start her own life in London.
- Her dad wanted her to spread her wings a little - not too much mind.
- Later, I take off my watch to let it spread its wings.
- Others are like birds in a greenhouse: banging against the glass, desperate to spread their wings.
- She must be allowed to spread her wings and open up.
- The dragon spread its wings and gave an experimental flap, which lifted it momentarily off the ground.
- Then it spreads its wings and flies away, ready for its first meal of nectar!
- They just spread their wings and take off.
- Young, a talented quarterback, was waiting in the wings for the day when Montana couldn't play.
- A new comedy wave, I suppose, is waiting in the wings.
- If so, the Democrats would be waiting in the wings.
- Shortstop Jose Vizcaino is a free agent, and if his price is too high Rich Aurilia is waiting in the wings.
- The world's list of mammals is about five thousand long, but three thousand more may be waiting in the wings.
bird/insect a)one of the parts of a bird’s or insect’s body that it uses for flying: a butterfly with beautiful markings on its wings The pheasant flapped its wings vigorously. b)the meat on the wing bone of a chicken, duck etc, eaten as food: spicy chicken wings2plane one of the large flat parts that stick out from the side of a plane and help to keep it in the air3building one of the parts of a large building, especially one that sticks out from the main partnorth/east etc wing the east wing of the palace She works in the hospital’s maternity wing.4politics a group of people within a political party or other organization who have a particular opinion or aim: the moderate wing of the Republican Party → left-wing, right-wing5sport a)a winger b)the far left or right part of a sports field6car British English the part of a car that is above a wheel SYN fender American English7take somebody under your wing to help and protect someone who is younger or less experienced than you are8(waiting/lurking) in the wings ready to do something or be used when the time is right: Several junior managers are waiting in the wings for promotion.9theatre the wings [plural] the parts at each side of a stage where actors are hidden from people who are watching the play10on a wing and a prayer if you do something on a wing and a prayer, you do not have much chance of succeeding11be on the wing literary if a bird is on the wing, it is flying12take wing literary to fly away13get your wings to pass the examinations you need to become a pilot → clip somebody’s wings at clip2(6), → spread your wings at spread1(10)COLLOCATIONSverbsflap its wings (=move them)· The ducks woke up and flapped their wings.beat its wings (=move them in a regular way while flying)· The female beats her wings as fast as 500 times a second.flutter its wings (=move them quickly)· I heard some birds fluttering their wings outside the window.spread/open its wings· The dragon spread its wings and gave an experimental flap.stretch its wings (=open them completely)· The cage was so small the birds could not even stretch their wings.fold its wings· Gannets fold their wings and plummet like an arrow into the sea to catch their prey.wings flap· Dusky wings flapped overhead.wings beat· Their great wings beat slowly.adjectivesoutstretched· The eagle descended on outstretched wings.wing1 nounwing2 verb
wingwing2 verb VERB TABLE
wing
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | wing |
| he, she, it | wings | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | winged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have winged |
| he, she, it | has winged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had winged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have winged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am winging |
| he, she, it | is winging | |
| you, we, they | are winging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was winging |
| you, we, they | were winging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been winging |
| he, she, it | has been winging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been winging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be winging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been winging |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- We watched pelicans winging down the coastline.
- Really, I just wing it: no notes, no talking to witnesses.
- She sent a silent message winging to the small room at the Admiralty.
Longman Language Activatorto do something or to happen when someone is not ready
informal if you are caught napping by something that happens, you are not expecting it and are not ready to deal with it, although you should expect it and be ready for it: · Stock traders who ignore these signs are in danger of being caught napping when a recession hits.be caught napping by: · Nowadays, no company can afford to be caught napping by a technological development.
to say or do something when someone is not expecting it so that they cannot deal with it as well as they would like to: · "Are you married?" Vick asked, catching her off guard.· The Prime Minister admitted to being caught off guard by news of the attack.
informal to arrive or to do something when someone is not ready, and make them feel stupid or embarrassed: · The city got caught with its financial pants down, and the scandal has led to 12 high-level officials losing their jobs.
British informal to do something, or to happen, when someone is not expecting it and is not ready to deal with it: · The dramatic fall in share prices caught even the experts on the hop.· Many politicians have been caught on the hop by a good interviewer.
informal to try to do something even though you are not ready, especially when you have to pretend you know more about something that you do: · If you are asked a question that you're not ready for, it's better to say "I hadn't considered that" than to wing it and get it wrong.· We have to wing it in the first game, but we'll be more prepared for the next one.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY planes winging their way to exotic destinations We’ll just have to wing it.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wing mirror a leading member of a Tory think tank
planes winging their way to exotic destinations We’ll just have to wing it. (=it moves its wings up and down)· The baby birds were trying to flap their wings.
· Chop the chicken breast into pieces.
· The left-wing coalition was led by the former guerrilla movement.
· The new left-wing government restructured the economy.
literary:· Swallows swooped to snatch winged insects from the sky.
a wing mirror· Support for the right-wing parties was strongest among young working-class men.
· He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.
a leading member of a Tory think tank· the students’ extreme left-wing views
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· If it slips then, as it probably will, the Hingston fortune will wing its way elsewhere.· Small but dangerously exciting trickles of pleasure were still winging their way through her virtually defenceless body.· His resignation was winging its way to Sheppards yesterday afternoon.· Readers' original gardening tips Another batch of £50 cash prizes are winging their way to this month's top tipsters.· Photographs had winged their way across, and presents at Christmas and Easter, with Mammy's birthday a speciality.· Within seventy minutes each plane has been unloaded, reloaded and winging its way to destination cities.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] literary to fly somewhere: - His resignation was winging its way to Sheppards yesterday afternoon.
- If it slips then, as it probably will, the Hingston fortune will wing its way elsewhere.
- Out of a group of trees near by a rook flew, winging its way leisurely across the Park towards him.
- Photographs had winged their way across, and presents at Christmas and Easter, with Mammy's birthday a speciality.
- Readers' original gardening tips Another batch of £50 cash prizes are winging their way to this month's top tipsters.
- Small but dangerously exciting trickles of pleasure were still winging their way through her virtually defenceless body.
- Within seventy minutes each plane has been unloaded, reloaded and winging its way to destination cities.
- I don't have time to write a speech, so I'm just going to wing it.
- If you are asked a question that you're not ready for, it's better to say "I hadn't considered that" than to wing it and get it wrong.
- We have to wing it in the first game, but we'll be more prepared for the next one.
- I figure I can wing it on the details.
- I would have to wing it.
- Nat grabs it, whirls, and wings it in a single motion.
- Really, I just wing it: no notes, no talking to witnesses.
- There's always a Zen part of my personality that wings it through life.
- When I finally got up on to the wing it was dark.
- The economic troubles could clip the wings of entrepreneurs starting small businesses.
- Recently she's begun spreading her wings, taking courses in real estate.
- Diana was eager to spread her wings and start her own life in London.
- Her dad wanted her to spread her wings a little - not too much mind.
- Later, I take off my watch to let it spread its wings.
- Others are like birds in a greenhouse: banging against the glass, desperate to spread their wings.
- She must be allowed to spread her wings and open up.
- The dragon spread its wings and gave an experimental flap, which lifted it momentarily off the ground.
- Then it spreads its wings and flies away, ready for its first meal of nectar!
- They just spread their wings and take off.
- Young, a talented quarterback, was waiting in the wings for the day when Montana couldn't play.
- A new comedy wave, I suppose, is waiting in the wings.
- If so, the Democrats would be waiting in the wings.
- Shortstop Jose Vizcaino is a free agent, and if his price is too high Rich Aurilia is waiting in the wings.
- The world's list of mammals is about five thousand long, but three thousand more may be waiting in the wings.
a flock of geese winging down the coastwing its/their way to/across etc something planes winging their way to exotic destinations2wing its/their way to go or be sent somewhere very quicklywing to A bottle of champagne will soon be winging its way to 10 lucky winners.3wing it spoken to do something without planning or preparing it: We’ll just have to wing it.- Work-based Learning for Adults
- workbasket
- workbench
- workbook
- workday
- worked up
- worker
- Workers' Educational Association
- work ethic
- work experience
- kinetics
- kinfolk
- king
- King and Country debate
- kingdom
- Kingdom Hall
- King, Don
- kingfisher
- King James Bible
- King Kong
- King, Larry
- King Lear
- kingly
- kingmaker
- King, Martin Luther