Wing

1. n. One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
2. n. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
3. n. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
4. n. One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
5. n. One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
6. n. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
7. n. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
8. n. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
9. n. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
10. n. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
11. 1n. 1 One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
12. 1n. 1 One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.