Uk English Meaning of limb

limb

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Definitions and Meaning of limb in English

Wordnet

limb (n)

one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip

the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

Webster

limb (n.)

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.

A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

A border or edge, in certain special uses.

The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.

The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.

The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.

Webster

limb (v. t.)

To supply with limbs.

To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.

FAQs About the word limb

limb

one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper, any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough

Branch,Bough,Twig,twig,offshoot,outgrowth,sprig,spur

No antonyms found.

limax => Slug, limature => filings, limation => filing, limanda ferruginea => Limanda ferruginea, limanda => Lime,