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WHAT DOES TAKE WING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of take wing in the English dictionary

The first definition of take wing in the dictionary is to lift off or fly away. Other definition of take wing is to depart in haste. Take wing is also to become joyful.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE WING

take the rap
take the road
take the veil
take the wind out of someone´s sails
take the words out of someone´s mouth
take the wraps off
take to
take to heart
take to one´s bed
take to one´s heels
take to something like a duck to water
take to task
take to wife
take up
take up on
take up the cudgels
take up the gauntlet
take up with
take vows
take-home pay

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE WING

bastard wing
buck and wing
delta wing
drawing
flying wing
following
growing
gull wing
knowing
left wing
on the wing
remand wing
right wing
showing
swing
top-security wing
under one´s wing
viewing
wing
wing and wing

Synonyms and antonyms of take wing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «take wing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE WING

Find out the translation of take wing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of take wing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take wing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拿翼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

levantar el vuelo
570 millions of speakers

English

take wing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विंग ले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يأخذ الجناح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взлететь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ter asas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উইং নিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre son envol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ambil sayap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flügel bekommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

飛び立つ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

날개 를 가지고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk swiwi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có cánh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विंग घ्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kanat almak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere il volo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pod skrzydłami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

злетіти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ia aripă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να λάβει πτέρυγα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem vleuel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta vingen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta vinge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take wing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE WING»

The term «take wing» is regularly used and occupies the 84.745 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE WING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «take wing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «take wing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about take wing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE WING»

Discover the use of take wing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take wing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Take Wing and Fly Here
Karen starts out with the bird society as an outlet for her ten-year-old son who has a birding mania, but as the novel progresses she's more and more frustrated by the society's lackadaisical approach to its Centennial and to bird ...
Priyanka Kumar, 2013
2
Take Wing
When Mother is hospitalized, everyone in the Ross household must finally face the long ignored problem that seven-year-old James is not a baby, a slow learner, or lazy, but mentally retarded.
Jean Little, 1968
3
Find Your Roots and Take Wing: Spiritual Formation for the ...
Critical essays on the Catholic Church and its religious communities in Asia and the West.
Sister Vandana, 1991
4
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... people took to their legs leaving behind their goods. take wing wing it take wing- I. (of birds) rise into the air; start flying: The bird is remarkably swift on foot, and, though averse to flight, capable of great speed when compelled to take wing . 2.
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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The Synonym Finder
1. take wing, wing one's way, takeoff, take to the air, become airborne; soar, sail, zoom, cruise, coast, sweep, skim, Inf. kite; glide, plane, volplane, sailplane; dart, flit, flirt, hop, volitate. 2. float, hover, drift, hang, poise, float in the air; flutter, flicker,  ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
6
A Hidden Magic
Lost in a magic forest and separated from her prince, Princess Jennifer seeks help from a kindly young sorcerer in battling an evil witch.
Vivian Vande Velde, Words Take Wing Repertory Company, 1998
7
Asaph, or, the choir book: a collection of vocal music, ...
And an- gry thoughts will soon take wing. -I — r m. & r f¥ A — U ^m^^m^^^fH^m wing. will soon take wing, W ien an - ger comes. Speak not but sing. And an - gry thoughts will soon take wing. 147- CANON. If the country I'm to show.
Lowell Mason, William Mason, 1861
8
Beaded Ornaments for the Holidays and Beyond
Bead & Button Magazine. Ornaments take wing by Deb Moffett-Hall a b. 50 Ornaments take wing.
Bead & Button Magazine, 2009
9
The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry ...
On seeing the dog, the ducks, he says, rush into the water; where the wildfowl consider themselves as safe from the enemy which had as. sailed them, and of course do not take wing. "Among the wildfowl, a parcel (perhaps, eight or ten) of ...
Society of Arts (Great Britain). Society of Gentlemen, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), 1807
10
New England Farmer, and Gardener's Journal
I observed also that large numbers fell out in harvesting the wheat, so that the ground then appeared to be seeded with a suificient number of gruhs to destroy the whole wheat crop, should they all remain in the ground and take wing.
‎1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE WING»

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Orphan owls take wing at Lake Wheeler
Dr. Mike Grafinger (left) and his wife, JoAnne release two barred owls back into the wild Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Lake Wheeler park in Raleigh, N.C. The event ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
2
Fremantle faltering as West Coast take wing
Joel Selwood applies his controversial "chicken wing" tackling technique. ... And opponents are again beginning to take advantage of Aaron Sandilands' ... «The Age, Jul 15»
3
Take Wing Air Now Offers Aerial Cremated Remains Ash Scattering …
HOLLIS, N.H., June 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Are a loved one's cremated remains sitting in a closet or collecting dust on a shelf? Take Wing Air, a New ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
4
Jewar to take wing as ministry clears second NCR airport
The new airport, according to the ministry needs 2,200 acres of land and will take around three to four years to build. The proposal was cleared at a meeting ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
5
Monarch butterfly-inspired sculpture to take wing at 'Sculpture in the …
Luminous monarch butterfly wings glowing out of the forest are part of a new ... His biological work and art projects take him all over the world, he said. «Helena Independent Record, Apr 15»
6
UAE houbara conservation: when ideals take wing
Even for a bird well known for its ability to migrate across vast distances, it was a remarkable feat of aviation. From Abu Dhabi to the deserts of the Punjab, ... «The National, Mar 15»
7
Dreams take wing: Photo captures weasel riding woodpecker
Dreams take wing: Photo captures weasel riding woodpecker. Josh Elliott, CTVNews.ca. @joshelliott14. Published Tuesday, March 3, 2015 8:55AM EST «CTV News, Mar 15»
8
Eye on taxation, liquidity as DRs take wing
The tax authorities' attitude on the new depository receipt (DR) regime, about to take flight, is likely to be watched closely. Various programmes are on the anvil ... «Business Standard, Feb 15»
9
Can Biogen Idec Take Wing With Tecfidera? (BIIB)
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) generates most of its revenue from drugs for MS (multiple sclerosis), but also receives substantial sums from other disease ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 14»
10
Organic chicken sales take wing (with video)
The B.C. Chicken Marketing Board will loosen quota restrictions and eliminate price setting for organic chicken, making it easier for conventional “mainstream” ... «Vancouver Sun, Jun 14»

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