Wing vs. Feather

One of a pair of movable appendages used for flying, as the feather-covered modified forelimb of a bird or the skin-covered modified forelimb of a bat or pterosaur.

One of the light, flat structures growing from the skin of birds, consisting of numerous slender, closely arranged parallel barbs forming a vane on either side of a horny, tapering, partly hollow shaft.

One of the one or two pairs of membranous structures used for flying that extend from the thorax of an insect.

A feathery tuft or fringe of hair, as on the legs or tail of some dogs.

A structure or part used by an animal for gliding through the air, as the folds of skin of a flying squirrel or the enlarged pectoral fins of a flying fish.

Character, kind, or nature

Wings An outspread pair of stylized bird's wings worn as insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members.

A strip, wedge, or flange used as a strengthening part.

An airfoil whose principal function is providing lift, especially either of two such airfoils symmetrically positioned on each side of the fuselage of an aircraft.

A wedge or key that fits into a groove to make a joint.

A thin or membranous extension, as of the fruit of a maple or ash, the seed of a pine, or the branches of a winged elm.

The vane of an arrow.

One of the lateral petals of the flower of certain plants in the pea family, such as the sweet pea.

A feather-shaped flaw, as in a precious stone.

The vane of a weathervane.

The wake made by a submarine's periscope.

The sail of a ship.

The act of feathering the blade of an oar in rowing.

A folding section, as of a double door or of a movable partition.

To cover, dress, or decorate with feathers or featherlike projections.

Either of the two side projections on the back of a wing chair.

To fit (an arrow) with a feather.

A flat of theatrical scenery projecting onto the stage from the side.

To thin, reduce, or fringe the edge of (wood, for example) by cutting, shaving, or making thinner.

Chiefly British The fender of a motor vehicle.

To spread (paint, for example) thinly at the edges so as to blend with the surrounding area.

A structure that forms an extended part of or is attached to a main structure

To shorten and taper (hair) by cutting and thinning.

Either of the unseen backstage areas on the sides of the stage of a proscenium theater.

To blur or soften the edge of (an image).

The act or manner of flying.

To apply (a brake, throttle, or other control) gently or slightly and steadily.

A means of flight or rapid movement

To turn (an oar blade) almost horizontal as it is carried back after each stroke.

A group affiliated with or subordinate to an older or larger organization.

To alter the pitch of (a propeller) so that the chords of the blades are parallel with the line of flight.

Either of two groups with opposing views within a larger group; a faction.

To alter the pitch of (the rotor of a helicopter) while in forward flight.

A section of a party, legislature, or community holding distinct, especially dissenting, political views

To turn off (an aircraft engine) while in flight.

Either the left or right flank of an army or a naval fleet.

To grow feathers or become feathered.

An air force unit larger than a group but smaller than a numbered air force or, formerly, than a division.

To move, spread, or grow in a manner suggestive of feathers

Either of the forward positions near the sides of the playing area, especially in hockey.

To become thin or less dense at the edges

A player who plays this position.

To feather an oar.

To move swiftly through the air or on wings

To feather a propeller.

To pass over or through with wings

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

To make (one's way) through the air or on wings

Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.

To carry or transport by flying

One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

To furnish with wings

A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

To feather (an arrow).

Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").

To throw or propel (a ball, for example) through the air.

One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.

To strike or wound in a wing or an appendage

The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

To furnish with side or subordinate extensions, as a building or an altarpiece.

Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.

To say or do (something) without preparation or forethought; improvise

Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).

An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly

(rail) A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.

A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish

To cover or furnish with feathers; to fletch.

(slang) Human arm.

To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe.

(aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.

One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.

One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

(aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.

(botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.

To finely shave or bevel an edge.

(botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

(computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.

A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

(intransitive) Of written or printed ink: to take on a blurry appearance as a result of spreading through the receiving medium.

Passage by flying; flight.

(transitive) To render light as a feather; to give wings to.

Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

(transitive) To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.

(transitive) To tread, as a cockerel.

Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.

To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.

A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.

To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.

An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

(transitive) To touch lightly, like (or as if with) a feather.

A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.

(transitive) To move softly, like a feather.

A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.

One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.

An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:

Kind; nature; species; - from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species.

(British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.

The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

(US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.

A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.

(British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

(nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.

A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

(nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.

A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.

(sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.

The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

(sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger

To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.

A háček.

To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.

(theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.

To render light as a feather; to give wings to.

(in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.

To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.

To tread, as a cock.

On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.

To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; - often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.

(transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.

To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers.

(intransitive) To fly.

To turn to a horizontal plane; - said of oars.

To add a wing (extra part) to.

To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.

(transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.

The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

(transitive) To throw.

Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

(transitive) To furnish with wings.

Join tongue and groove, in carpentry

(transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.

Cover or fit with feathers

(transitive) To traverse by flying.

Turn the paddle; in canoeing

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.

Turn the oar, while rowing

Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.

Grow feathers;

Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.

Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

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.

An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.

One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.

Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, especially the flat or slightly curved planes on a heavier-than-air aircraft which provide most of the lift. In fixed-wing aircraft there are usually two main wings fixed on opposite sides of the fuselage. Smaller wings are typically placed near the tail primarily for stabilization, but may be absent in certain kinds of aircraft. Helicopters usually have no fixed wings, the lift being supplied by the rotating blade.

One of two factions within an organization, as a political party, which are opposed to each other; as, right wing or left wing.

An administrative division of the air force or of a naval air group, consisting of a certain number of airplanes and the personnel associated with them.

To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.

To supply with wings or sidepieces.

To transport by flight; to cause to fly.

To move through in flight; to fly through.

To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to wound the arm of a person.

A movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

One of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane

A stage area out of sight of the audience

A unit of military aircraft

The side of military or naval formation;

A hockey player stationed in a forward positin on either side

The wing of a fowl;

A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud;

An addition that extends a main building

Travel through the air; be airborne;