Definitions

wings

[wingz] / wɪŋz /

NOUN

organ, device of flight

Synonyms

STRONG

aileron airfoil appendage feather pennon pinion

Antonyms

WEAK

base headquarters

NOUN

section; extension

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arm branch circle faction group side unit

STRONG

addition adjunct annex block bulge clique coterie detachment division ell expansion part projection prolongation protrusion protuberance segment set

Antonyms

STRONGEST

whole

STRONG

connection depression lessening shrinkage subtraction

WEAK

base headquarters

Example Sentences

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No clear opposition leader is waiting in the wings, though the former Shah’s son in exile has followers inside the country.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Get ahold of yourself,” Major Puff ordered when his feet refused to march and his wings refused to flap.

From Literature

I thought sure that he had sprouted wings and was flying away.

From Literature

A pixie flew in my face, a blur of pink hair and translucent wings.

From Literature

So the conventions set out in the parliamentary bible Erskine May, which have long clipped the wings of debate about the monarch and their family, didn't apply to Mountbatten-Windsor.

From BBC