Definition of Leg
1. Noun. A human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle.
Terms within: Fibular Vein, Peroneal Vein, Vena Peroneus, Saphenous Vein, Vena Saphena, Tibial Vein, Vena Tibialis, Crus, Thigh, Shank, Shin, Foot, Human Foot, Pes, Nervus Ischiadicus, Sciatic Nerve, Nervus Saphenus, Saphenous Nerve, Articulatio Genus, Genu, Human Knee, Knee, Knee Joint, Ankle, Ankle Joint, Articulatio Talocruralis, Mortise Joint, Musculus Tibialis, Tibialis, Tibialis Muscle, Leg Bone, Calf Bone, Fibula, Shin, Shin Bone, Shinbone, Tibia, Genu Valgum, Knock-knee, Tibia Valga
Generic synonyms: Limb
Specialized synonyms: Peg, Pin, Stick, Bandy Leg, Bandyleg, Bow Leg, Bowleg, Genu Varum, Tibia Vara, Shank's Mare, Shank's Pony, Shanks' Mare, Shanks' Pony, Spindlelegs, Spindleshanks
Derivative terms: Leggy
2. Noun. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion.
Generic synonyms: Limb
Terms within: Pedal Extremity, Vertebrate Foot
Derivative terms: Leggy
3. Noun. One of the supports for a piece of furniture.
Generic synonyms: Support
4. Noun. A part of a forked or branching shape. "He broke off one of the branches"
Generic synonyms: Subfigure
Group relationships: Forking, Furcation
Specialized synonyms: Bifurcation, Brachium, Crotch, Fork
Derivative terms: Branch, Branchy, Ramify, Ramify
5. Noun. The limb of an animal used for food.
6. Noun. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
7. Noun. A cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg.
Terms within: Cuff, Turnup, Foot, Knee
Specialized synonyms: Pant Leg, Trouser Leg
Group relationships: Pant, Trouser
Derivative terms: Leggy
8. Noun. (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack.
9. Noun. A section or portion of a journey or course. "Then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
Generic synonyms: Travel, Traveling, Travelling
Group relationships: Journey, Journeying
Specialized synonyms: Fare-stage
Definition of Leg
1. n. 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. v. t. To use as a leg, with it as object
3. n. Either side of a triangle of a triangle as distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of a curve, as of a hyperbola.
Definition of Leg
1. to move with the legs (appendages that serve as a means of support and locomotion) [v LEGGED, LEGGING, LEGS]
Medical Definition of Leg
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1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; especially, 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, especially. In the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. "He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received." (Fuller)
5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
6. The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
7. 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. The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
9. A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
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