[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wings/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) / wings # wings noun (plural of wing: a wing, wings) «wings» 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. Wings are the body parts a bird, bat or insect moves to fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#m1) 2. Wings are the long flat parts sticking out from the sides of an aeroplane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#m2) 3. A wing is a part of a building that sticks out from the main part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#m3) 4. The wings of a stage are the hidden sides where actors wait. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#m4) 5. In sports, the wings are the sides of the pitch, and a winger plays there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#m5) 6. To try your wings means to start doing something new on your own for the first time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#m6) ### In the lessons In science, birds, bats and insects have wings, but they are built differently; most birds use feathers, bats have skin stretched over long fingers, and insects have thin wings; some birds like penguins and ostriches cannot fly. In stories and sayings: «take someone under your wing» means to look after them; «spread your wings» means to try new things. Phrases: chicken wings, wait in the wings, on the wing. ### Examples - The bird flapped its wings and flew away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x1) - Butterflies have colourful wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x2) - The plane's wings are very long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x3) - Penguins have wings but cannot fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x4) - A bat's wings are made of skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x5) - The hospital has a new children's wing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x6) - The actors waited in the wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x7) - The older girl took me under her wing on my first day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x8) - I want to try my wings.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/#x9) ### Note Singular: wing. Insects usually have four wings (flies have two); birds have two. Maths: counting problems like «5 birds have how many wings?» → 5 x 2 = 10. ## In Jewish tradition Wings are the cherubim's wings over the ark-cover and the "eagles' wings" of God's care. The prophets and psalms also use wings for the winged creatures Ezekiel saw in his vision, and for a land "of the buzzing of wings". **Interpretation.** The cherubim's wings over the ark-cover show a holy guarding presence. "Eagles' wings" is read as God's gentle, strong care in carrying Israel out of Egypt. Ezekiel's four-winged living creatures are read as part of God's heavenly chariot. ### Examples - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto Myself. (Torah EXO.19.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wings/#x1) - As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wings/#x2) - And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the ark-cover were the faces of the cherubim. (Torah EXO.37.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wings/#x3) - Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? (Writings JOB.39.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wings/#x4) - Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; (Prophets ISA.18.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wings/#x5) - And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings. (Prophets EZK.1.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wings/#x6) ### Note Singular: wing. Insects usually have four wings (flies have two); birds have two. Maths: counting problems like «5 birds have how many wings?» → 5 x 2 = 10. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «wings» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wings/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«wings» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wings.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «wings» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wings/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«wings» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wings.html) on Mova free.