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limb

1  [lim]
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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. Archery. the upper or lower part of a bow.
6. Informal. a mischievous child, imp, or young scamp.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cut the limbs from (a felled tree).
—Idiom
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:
bef. 900; ME, OE lim; akin to ON lim foliage, limr limb, līmi rod, L līmus aslant, līmen threshold

Related forms:
limbless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. extremity. 2. See branch.

limb

2  [lim]
–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L limbus; see limbus 2 , limbo 1
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limb 1   (lĭm)   
n.  
  1. One of the larger branches of a tree.
  2. One of the jointed appendages of an animal, such as an arm, leg, wing, or flipper, used for locomotion or grasping.
  3. An extension or a projecting part, as of a building or mountain range.
  4. One that is considered to be an extension, member, or representative of a larger body or group.
  5. Informal An impish child.
tr.v.   limbed, limb·ing, limbs
To dismember.

[Alteration (probably influenced by limb2) of Middle English lim, from Old English.]
limb 2   (lĭm)   
n.  
  1. Astronomy The circumferential edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body.
  2. Mathematics The edge of a graduated arc or circle used in an instrument to measure angles.
  3. Botany The expanded tip of a plant organ, such as a petal or corolla lobe.

[Middle English, graduated edge of an astronomical instrument, from Old French limbe, from Latin limbus, border.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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limb   (lĭm)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. One of the appendages of an animal, such as an arm of a starfish, the flipper of dolphins, or the arm and leg of a human, used for locomotion or grasping.
  2. The expanded tip of a plant organ, such as a petal or corolla lobe.
  3. The circumferential edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body.

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