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wing noun

  /wɪŋ/
  • (zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
  • (slang) Human arm.
  • One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
  • A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.
  • Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.
  • A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
  • A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
 siipi
  • (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
 siipi, lennosto
  • (nautical) 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.
 siipi, lokasuoja
  • (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
  • (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
 laitahyökkääjä, laituri

winged adjective

  /wɪŋ(ɪ)d/
  • Having wings.
 siivekäs
  • (in combination) Having the specified number of wings.
  • (in combination) Having wings of a specified kind.
 -siipinen

wing verb

  /wɪŋ/
  • (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
 antaa siipeen, innostua
  • (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
 lisätä siipi
left-wing
vasemmisto, vasemmistolainen
right-wing
oikeisto, oikeistolainen
right wing
oikea laita, oikea laitahyökkääjä, oikeisto
wing nut
lehtimutteri, siipimutteri
left wing
vasemmisto
fixed-wing
kiinteäsiipinen
wing-and-wing
myötäpurjeet ylhäällä, purjeet virsikirjalla
wing mirror
sivupeili
chicken wing
kanansiipi
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