adv
Meaning 1
On the wing; flying; fluttering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
awing
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/əˈwɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪŋ
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/ˈɔː.ɪŋ/
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verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of awe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder- Melville
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- New York is an amazing city
- the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
- the awesome complexity of the universe
- this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath
- Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English wing English awing From a- + wing.