wing

one of the movable feathered or membranous paired appendages by means of which a bird, bat, or insect able to fly also such an appendage as of an ostrich even though rudimentary or modified so no longer having the power of flight

The first known use: in the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable	wing

3 Phonemes	w i N

onset, rime	w ing

Morpheme	wing

Sentence Examples

In the library's north wing, you'll find the current periodicals.

She works in the pediatric wing of the hospital.

The guest room is in the east wing.

The team winged to Moscow for the finals.

She winged the ball over to first base.

The soldier was winged by a stray bullet.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

aileron	airfoil	appendage
feather	pennon	pinion

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

wing	wing	wing nut
left wing	left-wing	wing back
delta wing	fixed-wing	right-wing

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Rhymes

bring	king	ring
sing	spring	string
swing	thing

Onset Friends

was	with	what
we	one	when
will	were	would

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