 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
member
noun
1: one of the persons who compose a social group (especially
individuals who have joined and participates in a group
organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a
member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the
members of his family" [ant: {nonmember}]
2: an organization that is a member of another organization
(especially a state that belongs to a group of nations);
"the library was a member of the interlibrary loan
association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations"
3: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is
important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: {extremity},
{appendage}]
4: anything that belongs to a set or class; "snakes are members
of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex"
5: the male organ of copulation ('member' is a euphemism) [syn:
{penis}, {phallus}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Member \Mem"ber\, verb (used with an object) [See {Remember}.]
To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Member \Mem"ber\, noun [OE. membre, F. membre, fr. L. membrum; cf.
Goth. mimz flesh, Skr. mamsa.]
1. (Anat.) A part of an animal capable of performing a
distinct office; an organ; a limb.
We have many members in one body, and all members
have not the same office. --Rom. xii. 4.
2. Hence: A part of a whole; an independent constituent of a
body; as:
(a) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a
clause; a part of a verse.
(b) (Math.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic
equation, connected by the sign of equality.
(c) (Engin.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod,
strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.
(d) (Arch.) Any part of a building, whether
constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the
like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of
moldings.
(e) One of the persons composing a society, community, or
the like; an individual forming part of an
association; as, a member of the society of Friends.
(f) (Math.) one of the elements which, taken together,
comprise a set.
(g) (Math.) one of the individual objects which comprise a
group or class.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
{Compression member}, {Tension member} (Engin.), a member, as
a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or
tension, respectively.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "member":
Greek, affiliate, appendage, arm, associate, belonger, bough,
branch, brother, card-carrier, card-carrying member, cardholder,
charter member, clubber, clubman, clubwoman, colleague,
committeeman, comrade, conventioneer, conventioner, conventionist,
cut, division, dues-paying member, enlistee, enrollee, fellow,
fraternity man, guildsman, hand, honorary member, imp, initiate,
insider, joiner, joint, leg, life member, limb, link, lobe, lobule,
moiety, offshoot, one of us, organ, parcel, piece, pinion, pledge,
portion, ramification, runner, scion, section, segment, sister,
socius, sorority girl, sorority woman, spray, sprig, spur, switch,
tail, tendril, twig, wing
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