Limb
[lɪm]
Definition
(noun.) the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; 'the limb of the sextant'.
(noun.) either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; 'the upper limb of the bow'.
(noun.) one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper.
(noun.) (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet.
(noun.) any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree.
Editor: Natasha--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
(n.) An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
(n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
(n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
(v. t.) To supply with limbs.
(v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
(n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.
(n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
(n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
(n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
Checker: Wyatt
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Member.[2]. Branch, bough.
Checker: Yale
Definition
n. a jointed part in animals the leg: a projecting part: a branch of a tree: a part of something else as 'a limb of the law:' an imp scapegrace as 'a limb of Satan.'—v.t. to supply with limbs: to tear off the limbs of.—adjs. Limbed having limbs: formed in regard to limbs; Limb′meal (Shak.) limb from limb.
n. an edge or border as of the sun &c.: the edge of a sextant &c.—adj. Lim′bate (bot.) bordered.
Edited by Alexander
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.
Typist: Maxine
Examples
- And from the safety of his overhanging limb the ape-child sent back the fearsome answer of his kind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Where I came from if a man dares to say a word in favor of the Union we hang him to a limb of the first tree we come to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They slice around the bone a little, then break off the limb. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She gave him a low, grave bow when he left, and he felt more awkward and self-conscious in every limb than he had ever done in all his life before. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I was trying to turn myself a few minutes since, and find I cannot move a limb. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The old man opposite to her did not say a word, but flushed up and began to tremble in every limb. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The beasts tore the victims limb from limb and made poor mangled corpses of them in the twinkling of an eye. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was but a short time before the last vestige of its body, root and limb had disappeared, the fragments taken as trophies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Though clear of mind and fairly strong of limb, I knew that my own fate was sealed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nearer and nearer she came to where Tarzan of the Apes crouched upon his limb, the coils of his long rope poised ready in his hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- What's his limbs to that! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Nature grows old, and shakes in her decaying limbs,--creation has become bankrupt! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How they showed their scars and sores, and piteously pointed to their maimed and crooked limbs, and begged with their pleading eyes for charity! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What though those limbs moved not, and those lips could no more frame modulated accents of wisdom and love! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I spurred my horse, who addressed his free limbs to speed, and tossed his gallant head in pride. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He is aware of the importance of 'classifying according to nature,' and will try to 'separate the limbs of science without breaking them' (PhaeDr.). Plato. The Republic.
- The child, a boy of ten months, was uncommonly large and strong of his age, and very vigorous in his limbs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Then from whence, my friends, in a human point of view, do we derive the strength that is necessary to our limbs? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Oh, my eyes and limbs--goroo! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A fierce electric energy seemed to flow over all his limbs, his muscles were surcharged, his hands felt hard with strength. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Gerald, full-limbed and turgid with energy, stood unwilling to go, he was held by the presence of the other man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Apparently he had not aged a minute, but was still the straight, clean-limbed fighting-man of thirty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He was a broadshouldered loose-limbed swarthy fellow of great strength, never in a hurry, and always slouching. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The fellow in the doorway was goodlooking and clean-limbed, his bearing was calm, he looked elegant, aristocratic. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was in person full-limbed and somewhat heavy; without ruddiness, as without pallor; and soft to the touch as a cloud. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Gudrun was very beautiful, passive, soft-skinned, soft-limbed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- D'Arnot saw a clean-limbed young giant emerge from the shadows into the firelight and come quickly toward him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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