limb.
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
Meaning & usage
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
A branch of a tree.
The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
Ellipsis of limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.
To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
To supply with limbs.
To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs
Brian limbed Roger over at the Beahive last night.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.
The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
the solar limb
The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
Where this word comes from
From Latin limbus (“border”).
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