Side vs Wing - What's the difference?
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A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
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A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
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One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
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One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
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One set of competitors in a game.
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A sports team.
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A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
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* Landor
*:We have not always been of thesame side in politics.
* Alexander Pope
*:sets the passions on the side of truth
Sidespin; english
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A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (lb).
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A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
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A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
* Milton
*:To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By mother's side thy father.
To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
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* Alexander Pope
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To lean on one side.
(obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
(shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
To furnish with a siding.
Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
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Indirect; oblique; incidental.
* Hooker
Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
* Laneham
(Scotland) Far; distant.
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.
* Shakespeare
Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
* Shakespeare
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.
(sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
(sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
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(botany) A flattened extension of a tridimensional plant organ.
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One of the sides of the stage in a theatre.
(lb) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
(lb) To fly.
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*: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.
Side is a related term of wing.
As a proper noun side
is an ancient city on a small peninsula on the mediterranean coast of anatolia, settled by greeks from cyme.As a noun 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.side
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) side, from (etyl) .Noun
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Synonyms
* (bounding straight edge of an object) edge * (flat surface of an object) face * (left or right half) half * (surface of a sheet of paper) page * (region in a specified position with respect to something) * (one possible aspect of a concept) * (set of opponents in a game) team * (group having a particular allegiance in a war) * (television channel) channel, station (US)Derived terms
* * aside * countryside * driverside * five-a-side * guide on the side * hillside * inside * mountainside * offside * other side * outside * quayside * riverside * roadside * seaside * sideband * sideboard * sideburn, sideburns * side by side * sidecar * side dish * side effect * side issue * sidekick * sidelight * sideline * sidelong * side on * side-saddle, sidesaddle * side scroller * side-splitting * side street * sideswipe * sidetrack * sidewalk * sidewall * sideways * sidewinder * split one's sides * take sides * topside * underside * upsideVerb
(sid)- Which will you side with , good or evil?
- All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
- All side in parties, and begin the attack.
- How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?
- (Francis Bacon)
- His blind eye that sided Paridell.
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- to side a house
Synonyms
* (ally oneself) * take sideDerived terms
* side with * sidingSee also
* ally * alliance * join inStatistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) side, syde, syd, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
- a side''' issue; a '''side view or remark
- The law hath no side respect to their persons.
- His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.
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Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 3
From (etyl) side, syde, from (etyl) . See above.Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----wing
English
(wikipedia)Alternative forms
* whing (obsolete) * weng (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- to take wing
- Light thickens; and the crow / Makes wing to the rooky wood.
- Fiery expedition be my wing .
- (Totten)
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- ? wing , wedge, h?cek, inverted circumflex (Karel ?apek )
