'Limb' definitions:
Definition of 'limb'
From: WordNet
noun
One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
noun
Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree [syn: limb, tree branch]
noun
(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
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Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"
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The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
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Definition of 'Limb'
From: GCIDE
- Limb \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal. [1913 Webster]
- A second Hector for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. [1913 Webster]
- Limb of the law, a lawyer or an officer of the law. [Colloq.] --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limb'
From: GCIDE
- Limb \Limb\, v. t.
- 1. To supply with limbs. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limb'
From: GCIDE
- Limb \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'limb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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