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Definitions for Limb

[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.
[7] to cut the limbs from (a felled tree).
[8] out on a limb , in a dangerous or compromising situation; vulnerable: The company overextended itself financially and was soon out on a limb.
[9] Astronomy . the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.
[10] the graduated edge of a quadrant or similar instrument.
[11] Botany . the upper spreading part of a gamopetalous corolla. the expanded portion of a petal, sepal, or leaf.
[12] an arm or leg, or the analogous part on an animal, such as a wing
[13] any of the main branches of a tree
[14] a branching or projecting section or member; extension
[15] a person or thing considered to be a member, part, or agent of a larger group or thing
[16] mainly British a mischievous child (esp in limb of Satan or limb of the devil )
[17] out on a limb in a precarious or questionable position British isolated, esp because of unpopular opinions
[18] (tr) a rare word for dismember
[19] the edge of the apparent disc of the sun, a moon, or a planet
[20] a graduated arc attached to instruments, such as the sextant, used for measuring angles
[21] botany the expanded upper part of a bell-shaped corolla the expanded part of a leaf, petal, or sepal
[22] either of the two halves of a bow
[23] Also called: fold limb either of the sides of a geological fold

Words related to Limb

wheel, leg, extremity, stem, arm, branch, wing, projection, pin, lobe, spur, bough, spray, member, process, switch, part, sprig, extension, offshoot

Words nearby Limb

limacine, liman, limassol, limavady, limaçon, limb, limb bud, limb lead, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, limba, limbate

Origin of Limb

21350–1400; Middle English < Latin limbus; see limbus2, limbo1

Words that may be confused with Limb

limb, limn

Other words from Limb

limb·less , adjective

Word origin for Limb

C15: from Latin limbus edge

Synonyms for Limb

arm, branch, extremity, leg, stem, wheel, wing, bough, extension, fin, gam, lobe, member, offshoot, part, pin, pinion, process, projection, spray, sprig, spur, switch, unit