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overwing

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)wɪŋ/

overwing adjective: over the wing of an aircraft.

Adjective

overwing (not comparable)

  1. Over the wing of an aircraft.
    • overwing exits

Verb

overwing (third-person singular simple present overwings, present participle overwinging, simple past and past participle overwinged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To outflank.
    • Souldiers therabout , which gather'd to him , were neer upon ten thousand ; and purposing with those not to deferr Battel , had chos'n a place narrow , and not to be overwing'd, on his rear a Wood1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC

Forms of overwing

third-person singular presentoverwings
present participleoverwinging
past participleoverwinged
pastoverwinged

Origin of overwing

From over- + wing.

Questions about overwing

What does overwing mean?
Overwing means over the wing of an aircraft.
What part of speech is overwing?
Overwing can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce overwing?
Overwing is pronounced /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)wɪŋ/.

Words near overwing in the dictionary

  1. overwind
  2. overwinded
  3. overwinding
  4. overwindings
  5. overwinds
  6. overwing
  7. overwinged
  8. overwinging
  9. overwings
  10. overwinning
  11. overwins

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