Fender vs. Wing

Fendernoun

(US) Panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

Wingnoun

An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish

Fendernoun

(US) A shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water.

Wingnoun

(slang) Human arm.

Fendernoun

(nautical) Any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute.

Wingnoun

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

Fendernoun

A low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash.

Wingnoun

One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.

Fenderverb

(nautical) To use fenders to protect the side of a boat

Wingnoun

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

Fendernoun

One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm

Wingnoun

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

Fendernoun

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

‘in England they call a fender a wing’;

Wingnoun

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

Fendernoun

an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

Wingnoun

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

Fendernoun

a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth

Wingnoun

Passage by flying; flight.

‘to take wing’;

Fendernoun

a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

‘the west wing of the hospital’; ‘the wings of a corkscrew’;

Wingnoun

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.

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

(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.

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

A háček.

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

‘Tom's a 4 on the Enneagram, with a 3 wing.’;

Wingverb

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

Wingverb

(intransitive) To fly.

Wingverb

To add a wing (extra part) to.

Wingverb

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

Wingverb

(transitive) To throw.

Wingverb

(transitive) To furnish with wings.

Wingverb

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

Wingverb

(transitive) To traverse by flying.

Wingnoun

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.

‘As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings.’;

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

‘Light thickens; and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood.’;

Wingnoun

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

‘Fiery expedition be my wing.’;

Wingnoun

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.

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.

Wingnoun

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.

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

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.

Wingverb

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

‘Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms.’; ‘Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours.’;

Wingverb

To supply with wings or sidepieces.

‘The main battle, whose puissance on either sideShall be well winged with our chiefest horse.’;

Wingverb

To transport by flight; to cause to fly.

‘I, an old turtle,Will wing me to some withered bough.’;

Wingverb

To move through in flight; to fly through.

‘There's not an arrow wings the skyBut fancy turns its point to him.’;

Wingverb

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.

Wingnoun

a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

Wingnoun

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

Wingnoun

a stage area out of sight of the audience

Wingnoun

a unit of military aircraft

Wingnoun

the side of military or naval formation;

‘they attacked the enemy's right flank’;

Wingnoun

a hockey player stationed in a forward positin on either side

Wingnoun

the wing of a fowl;

‘he preferred the drumsticks to the wings’;

Wingnoun

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

‘in England they call a fender a wing’;

Wingnoun

an addition that extends a main building

Wingverb

travel through the air; be airborne;

‘Man cannot fly’;

Wing

A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils.