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Member is a synonym of wing.


As nouns the difference between member and wing

is that member is member (person) while wing is an appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

As a verb wing is

(lb) to injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.

member

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).

Alternative forms

* membre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who officially belongs to a group.
  • A part of a whole.
    • The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
  • * 1979 , Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia", Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
    • The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  • * Bible, Rom. xii. 4
    • We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.
  • The penis.
  • (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
  • (set theory) An element of a set.
  • (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
  • (AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
  • (math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
    • Synonyms
    * (limb) limb, lith * (penis) penis, pintle * (of a syllogism) premise, premiss * (of a set) element
    Derived terms
    * crewmember * dismember * male member * member of staff * membership
    Descendants
    * Japanese:

    Etymology 2

    See remember.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To remember.
  • (obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
    • (Webster 1913) 1000 English basic words ----

    wing

    English

    (wikipedia)

    Alternative forms

    * whing (obsolete) * weng (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
  • (slang) Human arm.
  • Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
  • One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
  • One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
  • (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
  • (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
  • A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
  • Passage by flying; flight.
    • to take wing
  • * Shakespeare
    • Light thickens; and the crow / Makes wing to the rooky wood.
  • Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Fiery expedition be my wing .
  • A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
  • Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
  • An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
  • A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
  • An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
  • # (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
  • # (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
  • (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
  • (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
  • (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.
    • (Totten)
  • (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
  • (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author= , title=Wales 2-1 Montenegro , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.}}
  • (botany) A flattened extension of a tridimensional plant organ.
  • (typography, informal, rare) =
  • * 1985 , David Grambs, Literary Companion Dictionary , page 378
    • ? wing , wedge, h?cek, inverted circumflex (Karel ?apek )
  • One of the sides of the stage in a theatre.

    • Synonyms

    * (panel of a car) fender (US), guard (Australia) * (sports position) forward

    Derived terms

    * left wing * on the wing * redwing * right wing * take under one's wing * wingman * wing it * winged * winger

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
  • (lb) To fly.
  • *
  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • To add a wing (extra part) to.
  • (lb) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
  • (lb) To throw.