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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024limb1 /lɪm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anatomyone of the paired bodily parts of animals, used esp. for moving or grasping;
a leg, arm, or wing. - a large or main branch of a tree.
Idioms- Idioms out on a limb, in a risky or dangerous situation.
- risk life and limb, to take a dangerous risk or chance that could result in physical injury or harm.
limb•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024limb1 (lim),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomy, Zoologya part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:the lower limbs; artificial limbs.
- a large or main branch of a tree.
- a projecting part or member:the four limbs of a cross.
- a person or thing regarded as a part, member, branch, offshoot, or scion of something:a limb of the central committee.
- Sport[Archery.]the upper or lower part of a bow.
- Informal Termsa mischievous child, imp, or young scamp.
- Idioms out on a limb, in a dangerous or compromising situation;
vulnerable:The company overextended itself financially and was soon out on a limb.
v.t. - to cut the limbs from (a felled tree).
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English lim; akin to Old Norse lim foliage, limr limb, līmi rod, Latin līmus aslant, līmen threshold
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extremity.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See branch.
limb2 (lim),USA pronunciation n. - Astronomythe edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.
- Surveyingthe graduated edge of a quadrant or similar instrument.
- [Bot.]
- the upper spreading part of a gamopetalous corolla.
- the expanded portion of a petal, sepal, or leaf.
- Latin limbus; see limbus2, limbo1
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: limb /lɪm/ n - an arm or leg, or the analogous part on an animal, such as a wing
- any of the main branches of a tree
- a branching or projecting section or member; extension
- a person or thing considered to be a member, part, or agent of a larger group or thing
- chiefly Brit a mischievous child (esp in limb of Satan or limb of the devil)
- out on a limb ⇒ in a precarious or questionable position
- Brit isolated, esp because of unpopular opinions
Etymology: Old English lim; related to Old Norse limrˈlimbless adj limb /lɪm/ n - the edge of the apparent disc of the sun, a moon, or a planet
- a graduated arc attached to instruments, such as the sextant, used for measuring angles
- the expanded upper part of a bell-shaped corolla
- the expanded part of a leaf, petal, or sepal
- either of the two halves of a bow
- Also called: fold limb either of the sides of a geological fold
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin limbus edge |