Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wing
Participle: winged
Gerund: winging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wing |
| you | wing |
| he;she;it | wings |
| we | wing |
| you | wing |
| they | wing |
Perfect
| I | have winged |
| you | have winged |
| he;she;it | has winged |
| we | have winged |
| you | have winged |
| they | have winged |
Past
| I | winged |
| you | winged |
| he;she;it | winged |
| we | winged |
| you | winged |
| they | winged |
Pluperfect
| I | had winged |
| you | had winged |
| he;she;it | had winged |
| we | had winged |
| you | had winged |
| they | had winged |
Future
| I | will wing |
| you | will wing |
| he;she;it | will wing |
| we | will wing |
| you | will wing |
| they | will wing |
Future Perfect
| I | will have winged |
| you | will have winged |
| he;she;it | will have winged |
| we | will have winged |
| you | will have winged |
| they | will have winged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wing |
| you | wing |
| he;she;it | wing |
| we | wing |
| you | wing |
| they | wing |
Perfect
| I | have winged |
| you | have winged |
| he;she;it | have winged |
| we | have winged |
| you | have winged |
| they | have winged |
Imperfect
| I | winged |
| you | winged |
| he;she;it | winged |
| we | winged |
| you | winged |
| they | winged |
Pluperfect
| I | had winged |
| you | had winged |
| he;she;it | had winged |
| we | had winged |
| you | had winged |
| they | had winged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wing |
| you | would wing |
| he;she;it | would wing |
| we | would wing |
| you | would wing |
| they | would wing |
Perfect
| I | would have winged |
| you | would have winged |
| he;she;it | would have winged |
| we | would have winged |
| you | would have winged |
| they | would have winged |
Imperative
| you | wing |
| we | Let's wing |
| you | wing |
Verbs conjugated like 'wing'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wing'
bing,
ding,
king,
ping,
ring,
sing,
swing,
ting,
wang,
whing,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1175, wenge, from O.N. vængr "wing of a bird, aisle, etc." (cf. Dan., Swed. vinge "wing"), of unknown origin, perhaps related to PIE base *we- "blow" (cf. O.E. wawan "to blow;" see wind (n.)). Replaced O.E. feðra (pl.) "wings" (see feather). The meaning "either of two divisions of a political party, army, etc." is first recorded c.1400; theatrical sense is from 1790. Verbal phrase wing it (1885) is from theatrical slang sense of an actor learning his lines in the wings before going onstage, or else not learning them at all and being fed by a prompter in the wings. The verb to wing "shoot a bird in the wing" is from 1802. The slang sense of to earn (one's) wings is 1940s, from the wing-shaped badges awarded to air cadets on graduation. To be under (someone's) wing "protected by (someone)" is recorded from c.1230. Phrase on a wing and a prayer is title of a 1943 song about landing a damaged aircraft.
2. From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind.
3. Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish vinge (“wing”), Elfdalian waingg (“wing”), Faroese vongur (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), Norwegian Nynorsk veng (“wing”).
4. Replaced native Middle English fither (from Old English fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþriją), which merged with Middle English fether (from Old English feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō). More at feather.
Sample Sentences
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Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines. [1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:]
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Birds are winging, no rain is falling from a heavy sky [1970, “Box of Rain”, in Robert Hunter (lyrics), Phil Lesh (music), American Beauty (LP record), performed by Grateful Dead:]
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He had pulled up so expertly that the man escaped, so smoothly that not a passenger was jarred, and now he sat with a dazed and vacant expression on his face, leaning forward on his steering wheel, while caustic inquiry and retort winged unheeded up and down the line behind him. [1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:]
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I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.
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Deep folly! yet that this could be—
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That I could wing my will with might
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To leap the grades of life and light,
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And flash at once, my friend, to thee: […] [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 62:]