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Limb Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Limb? [n] any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer" [n] the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant" [n] either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow" [n] one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper [n] (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet [n] any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree Synonyms \| Synonyms for Limb: arm \| branch \| tree branch Related Terms \| Find terms related to Limb: ankle \| appendage \| arm \| bank \| bar \| bayonet legs \| beam \| bine \| board \| boom \| border \| bordure \| bough \| bowlegs \| branch \| branchedness \| branchiness \| brim \| brink \| brow \| burgeon \| calf \| cant hook \| claw bar \| cnemis \| coast \| crank \| crow \| crowbar \| deadwood \| devil \| drumstick \| edge \| enfant terrible \| featheredge \| flagellum \| flange \| foreleg \| fork \| frame \| fringe \| frond \| gamb \| gambrel \| gigot \| ham \| hand \| handspike \| hem \| hind leg \| hock \| imp \| iron crow \| jamb \| jimmy \| joint \| knee \| labellum \| labium \| labrum \| ledge \| leg \| lever \| limbus \| link \| lip \| list \| lobe \| lobule \| marge \| margin \| marlinespike \| member \| mischief \| offshoot \| organ \| outrigger \| peavey \| pedal \| pinch bar \| pinion \| podite \| popliteal space \| prize \| pry \| ragged edge \| ramage \| ramification \| rapscallion \| rascal \| rim \| ripping bar \| rogue \| runner \| sarment \| scalawag \| scion \| scissor-legs \| selvage \| shank \| shin \| shoot \| shore \| side \| sideline \| skirt \| slip \| spar \| spear \| spray \| sprig \| sprit \| sprout \| spur \| stems \| stolon \| stumps \| sucker \| switch \| tail \| tarsus \| tendril \| thallus \| treadle \| trotters \| twig \| verge \| villain \| wing \| wrecking bar See Also \| appendage \| appendicular skeleton \| arc \| arm \| border \| bough \| bow \| branch \| crus \| cubitus \| edge \| extremity \| flipper \| forearm \| forelimb \| hind limb \| leg \| member \| octant \| part \| portion \| projection \| sextant \| stick \| stump \| thigh \| tree Limb In Webster's Dictionary \Limb\ (l[i^]m), n. [OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS. li[eth], OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. li[thorn]us. Cf. {Lith}, {Limber}.] 1. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch. 2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal. A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. --Shak. 3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. --Shak. That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. --Sir W. Scott. 4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. {Limb of the law}, a lawyer or an officer of the law. [Colloq.] --Landor. \Limb\, v. t. 1. To supply with limbs. [R.] --Milton. 2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of. \Limb\, n. [L. limbus border. Cf. {Limbo}, {Limbus}.] A border or edge, in certain special uses. (a) (Bot.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade. (b) (Astron.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon. (c) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.

Limb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Limb?

[n] any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
[n] the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
[n] either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"
[n] one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
[n] (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
[n] any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

Synonyms | Synonyms for Limb: arm | branch | tree branch

Limb In Webster's Dictionary

\Limb\ (l[i^]m), n. [OE. lim, AS. lim; akin to Icel. limr
limb, lim branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. lem limb; cf. also AS.
li[eth], OHG. lid, gilid, G. glied, Goth. li[thorn]us. Cf.
{Lith}, {Limber}.]
1. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and
   separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

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

         A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large
         proportion of his strong-knit limbs.  --Shak.

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

         That little limb of the devil has cheated the
         gallows.                              --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

{Limb of the law}, a lawyer or an officer of the law.
   [Colloq.] --Landor.


\Limb\, v. t.
1. To supply with limbs. [R.] --Milton.

2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.


\Limb\, n. [L. limbus border. Cf. {Limbo}, {Limbus}.]
A border or edge, in certain special uses.
(a) (Bot.) The border or upper spreading part of a
    monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
(b) (Astron.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly
    body, especially of the sun and moon.
(c) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an
    instrument for measuring angles.

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