leg

[Leg]

A leg is the part of a person's body that they use to walk around. All legs, including those of humans and tables alike, are meant to support.

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A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.

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a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

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(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack

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cloth covering consisting of the part of a garment that covers the leg

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one of the supports for a piece of furniture

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a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

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a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part between the knee and ankle

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a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion

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the limb of an animal used for food

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a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"

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A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.

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That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers.

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The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.

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A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.

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A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

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The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.

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An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg.

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The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

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A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.

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To use as a leg, with it as object

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To bow.

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To run.

Leg

Leg , n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l'91g calf of the leg, Sw. l'84gg.] 1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot. 2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of pair of compasses or dividers. 3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers. 4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.]

He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received.

5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang, Eng.] 6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks. 7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg. 8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. 9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. A good leg (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course. -- Leg bail, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] -- Legs of an hyperbola (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely. -- Legs of a triangle, the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs of a right-angled triangle. On one's legs, standing to speak. -- One's last legs. See under Last. -- To have legs (Naut.), to have speed. -- To stand on one's own legs, to support one's self; to be independent.

Leg

Leg , v. t. To use as a leg, with it as object: (a) To bow. [Obs.] (b) To run [Low]

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.

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Usage Examples

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.

I kicked the door open, and I'm gonna hold my leg in there. I'm keeping the door open for all these amazing female singer-songwriters that are coming out.

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years.

So someday in the near future hopefully rather than having a foot or a leg amputated we'll just give you an injection of the cells and restore the blood flow. We've also created entire tubes of red blood cells from scratch in the laboratory. So there are a lot of exciting things in the pipeline.

Misspelled Form

leg, kleg, oleg, pleg, :leg, keg, oeg, peg, :eg, lkeg, loeg, lpeg, l:eg, lweg, l3eg, l4eg, lreg, lseg, ldeg, lwg, l3g, l4g, lrg, lsg, ldg, lewg, le3g, le4g, lerg, lesg, ledg, lefg, letg, leyg, lehg, lebg, levg, lef, let, ley, leh, leb, lev, legf, legt, legy, legh, legb, legv.

Other Usage Examples

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination.

Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.

It is a challenge, with the global fame, to try to act like I put my pants on one leg at a time, when in fact I have Pippa Middleton help me put my pants on every morning. She's my lady-in-waiting as well.

My knee is as strong as it was before, if not stronger, and it's a matter of getting my leg strong. I lost six years of strength in about six month's time, so it's going to take another year or two to get that leg back up to full strength, but I'm good to go so far.

I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg.