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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
wing
wing [wing wings winged winging] noun, verb BrE [wɪŋ] NAmE [wɪŋ]
noun
OF BIRD/INSECT
1. countable one of the parts of the body of a bird, insect or ↑bat that it uses for flying
• The swan flapped its wings noisily.
•wing feathers
OF PLANE
2. countable one of the large flat parts that stick out from the side of a plane and help to keep it in the air when it is flying 
OF BUILDING
3. countable one of the parts of a large building that sticks out from the main part
•the east wing
•the new wing of the hospital
OF CAR
4. (BrE) (NAmE fend·er)countable a part of a car that is above a wheel
• There was a dent in the nearside wing.
OF ORGANIZATION
5. countable one section of an organization that has a particular function or whose members share the same opinions
Syn: ↑arm
•the radical wing of the party
•the political wing of the National Resistance Army
see also ↑left wing, ↑right wing
IN FOOTBALL/HOCKEY
6. countable = ↑winger
see also ↑left wing, ↑right wing
7. countable the far left or right side of the sports field
•He plays on the wing.
IN THEATRE
8. the wingsplural the area at either side of the stage that cannot be seen by the audience
•She watched every performance from the wings.
more at clip sb's wings at ↑clip v., spread your wings at ↑spread v.
Word Origin:
Middle English (originally in the plural): from Old Norse vængir, plural of vængr.
Example Bank:
•First, fry the chicken wings in the oil until they begin to brown.
•He was playing on the right wing.
•I wish I could sprout wings and fly away.
•It flapped its wings and flew off.
•It had white markings on its wings.
•Mario felt he had had his wings clipped when his car was impounded.
•Our rooms were in the west wing.
•She was waiting in the wings, ready to go on stage when her turn came.
•Simon's uncle had taken him under his wing.
•The ball went down the right wing.
•The beetle's fore wings are small and are not used in flight.
•The nearside wing was damaged in the accident.
•The young birds were under the mother bird's wing.
•There was a dent in one wing.
•There's a wealth of talent waiting in the wings of British theatre.
•They're on the left wing of the Labour Party.
•We watched from the wings.
•a bird with a broken wing
•the patterns on butterfly wings
•The political wing of the National Resistance Army entered into negotiations with the government.
•The radical wing of the party was dissatisfied with the policies.
Idioms: ↑get your wings ▪ ↑in the wings ▪ ↑on a wing and a prayer ▪ ↑on the wing ▪ ↑take somebody under your wing ▪ ↑take wing ▪ ↑wing it
verb
FLY
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (its way) + adv./prep. (literary)to fly somewhere
•A solitary seagull winged its way across the bay.
GO QUICKLY
2. transitive ~ its way + adv./prep. to be sent somewhere very quickly
•An application form will be winging its way to you soon.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English (originally in the plural): from Old Norse vængir, plural of vængr.
Example Bank:
•He spotted the occasional pheasant winging rapidly away as he approached.
See also: ↑fender
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