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# wing

noun (wings); verb (wings, winging, winged)

«wing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wing is the part of a bird, bat or plane that lets it fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wing/#m1)
2. To wing or to wing one's way is to fly or travel quickly, as a bird does. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wing/#m2)

### In the lessons

the part of a bird or flying creature used to fly; in stories a messenger is winging his way to the king

### Examples

- The eagle spread its wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wing/#x1)
- The swallow is winging its way south. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wing/#x2)
- Each bird has two wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wing/#x3)
- The message came winging across the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wing/#x4)

### Note

A bird has 2 wings, so 5 birds have 10 wings

## In Jewish tradition

Wings are also those of cherubim in the Temple, whose spread wings covered the ark.

**Interpretation.** The cherubim's wings over the ark are read as marking the place where God's presence met Israel.

### Examples

- The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's? (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x1)
- And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. (Writings 2CH.3.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x2)
- And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. (Prophets 1KI.6.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/#x3)

### Note

A bird has 2 wings, so 5 birds have 10 wings

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wing.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wing.html) on Mova free.