ETYM Old Eng. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. and Swed. vinge, Icel. vaengr.
1. A movable organ for flying (one of a pair).
2. A stage area out of sight of the audience; SYN. offstage, backstage.
3. The wing of a fowl.
In biology, the modified forelimb of birds and bats, or the membranous outgrowths of the exoskeleton of insects, which give the power of flight. Birds and bats have two wings. Bird wings have feathers attached to the fused digits (“fingers”) and forearm bones, while bat wings consist of skin stretched between the digits. Most insects have four wings, which are strengthened by wing veins.
The wings of butterflies and moths are covered with scales. The hind pair of a fly's wings are modified to form two knoblike balancing organs (halteres).

One of the offensive positions or players on either side of a center position in certain team sports; also; flanker

City in North Dakota (USA); zip code 58494.

1. A unit of military aircraft.
2. One of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane.

Short for Windows Games. An application programming interface for games in the Windows 9x environment. Under WinG, games can access the video frame buffer directly for increased speed. See also application programming interface, buffer1, frame buffer.

1. To fit with wings
2. To enable to fly or move swiftly
3. To traverse with or as if with wings
4. To effect or achieve by flying
5. To let fly; dispatch
6. To wound in the wing; disable the wing of
7. To wound (as with a bullet) without killing
8. To do or perform without preparation or guidelines; improvise
9. To go with or as if with wings; fly — often used with it