wing
part of speech
noun (wings); verb (wings, winging, winged)
meaning for a pupil
1) A wing is the part of a bird, bat or plane that lets it fly. tree →
2) To wing or to wing one's way is to fly or travel quickly, as a bird does. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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 wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's? (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- The eagle spread its wings. tree →
- The swallow is winging its way south. tree →
- Each bird has two wings. tree →
- The message came winging across the sea. tree →
note
A bird has 2 wings, so 5 birds have 10 wings
In the corpora
- All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.
- But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you.
- the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
- And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
- And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.