Flügel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- faction noun A smaller group within a larger organisation that holds a distinct set of views or interests, often at odds with the rest.
- piano noun A large keyboard instrument in which pressing keys causes hammers to strike strings, producing sound.
- pinna noun The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
- sweep verb To clean a surface by brushing dirt or debris away, usually with a broom.
- vane noun A device mounted on a roof or pole that turns to show which way the wind is blowing.
- wing noun One of the limbs a bird, insect, or aircraft uses to fly.
Senses
Flügel is used for these senses in English:
- faction (countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
- grand piano (musical instruments) A large piano in which the strings are strung horizontally in a heavy frame shaped like a harp
- piano (musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]
- pinna (zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.
- sweep Any of the blades of a windmill.
- vane Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
- wing (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- wing (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
faction — full definition
- noun A smaller group within a larger organisation that holds a distinct set of views or interests, often at odds with the rest.
- noun A blend of fact and fiction in a book, film, or other work.
piano — full definition
- noun A large keyboard instrument in which pressing keys causes hammers to strike strings, producing sound.
- adv Quietly; a musical direction meaning to play softly.