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Definition of 'limb'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) limb
one of the paired bodily appendages of animals, used esp. for moving or grasping; a leg, arm, or wing.

2.  limb
a large or main branch of a tree.

3.  limb
a projecting part or member:
the four limbs of a cross.

4.  limb
a person or thing regarded as a part, member, branch, offshoot, or scion of something.

5. (v.t.) limb
to cut the limbs from (a felled tree).

6.  limb
to dismember.

7. (n.) limb
the graduated edge of a quadrant or similar instrument.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L limbus; see limbus , limbo¹)

Definition of 'limb'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) limb
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

2. (noun) limb, tree branch
any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

3. (noun) limb
(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

4. (noun) limb
either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
"the upper limb of the bow"

5. (noun) limb
the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
"the limb of the sextant"

6. (noun) arm, branch, limb
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
"the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

Definition of 'limb'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) limb
an arm or leg
a broken limb

2. limb
out on a limb
isolated and in a dangerous or risky situation
He's gone out on a limb by criticizing the party leadership.

Definition of 'limb'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) limb
a part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch

2. (noun) limb
an arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal

3. (noun) limb
a thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else

4. (noun) limb
an elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock

5. (noun) limb
a border or edge, in certain special uses

6. (noun) limb
the border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade

7. (noun) limb
the border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon

8. (noun) limb
the graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles

9. (verb) limb
to supply with limbs

10. (verb) limb
to dismember; to tear off the limbs of

Translation of 'limb'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an arm or leg.
Afrikaans: been, arm	Arabic: طَرَف: ذِراع او رِجْل	Bulgarian: крайник
Brazilian: membro	Czech: končetina	German: das Körperglied
Danish: lem	Greek: άκρο	Spanish: miembro
Estonian: jäse	Farsi: دست یا پا	Finnish: raaja
French: membre	Hebrew: גַּף	Hindi: अंग
Croatian: udov	Hungarian: (vég)tag	Indonesian: anggota badan
Icelandic: limur	Italian: membro, arto	Japanese: 手足
Korean: 팔이나 다리	Lithuanian: galūnė	Latvian: (ķermeņa) loceklis
Malay: anggota	Dutch: lidmaat	Norwegian: lem
Polish: kończyna	Persian: دست یا پا	Pashto: لاس يا پښه
Portuguese: membro	Romanian: membru	Russian: конечность
Slovak: končatina	Slovenian: ud	Serbian: ud
Swedish: lem, arm, ben	Thai: แขนหรือขา	Turkish: kol ya da bacak
Taiwanese: 肢	Ukrainian: кінцівка	Urdu: ہاتھ یا پاؤں
Vietnamese: chi	Chinese: 肢
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