Wing
/wɪŋ/
Wing is a noun and verb with 4 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
“the west wing of the hospital”
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On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype
“Tom's a 4 on the Enneagram, with a 3 wing.”
verb
- To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- (of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
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