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noun
1.
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs.
2.
a large or main branch of a tree.
3.
a projecting part or member: the four limbs of a cross.
4.
a person or thing regarded as a part, member, branch, offshoot, or scion of something: a limb of the central committee.
5.
EXPANDArchery. the upper or lower part of a bow.
6.
COLLAPSEInformal. a mischievous child, imp, or young scamp.
verb (used with object)
7.
to cut the limbs from (a felled tree).
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Limbs
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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8.
out on a limb, in a dangerous or compromising situation; vulnerable: The company overextended itself financially and was soon out on a limb.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English lim; akin to Old Norse lim foliage, limr limb, līmi rod, Latin līmus aslant, līmen threshold
before 900; Middle English, Old English lim; akin to Old Norse lim foliage, limr limb, līmi rod, Latin līmus aslant, līmen threshold
Related forms
limb·less, adjective
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noun
1.
Astronomy. the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.
2.
the graduated edge of a quadrant or similar instrument.
3.
Botany.
a.
the upper spreading part of a gamopetalous corolla.
b.
the expanded portion of a petal, sepal, or leaf.
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Word Origin & History
limb
1590s, "edge of a quadrant or other instrument," from L. limbus "border, hem, fringe, edge," cognate with Skt. lambate "hangs down," English limp. Astronomical sense of "edge of the disk of a heavenly body" first attested 1670s.
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Medical Dictionary
limb (lĭm)
n.
One of the paired jointed extremities of the body; an arm or a leg.
A segment of such a jointed structure.
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