leg

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 2 Danish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Verb 4 German 4.1 Verb 5 Icelandic 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Derived terms 6 Romanian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Verb 7 Swedish 7.1 Noun 8 Torres Strait Creole 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse leggr (Swedish lägg, Icelandic leggur, Norwegian legg).

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• IPA: /lɛg/
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  Rhymes: -ɛɡ

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leg (plural legs)

1. The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
2. (anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
3. A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
4. A stage of a journey.
5. (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
6. (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
7. A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
8. One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
9. A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.

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ankle arm buttocks calf elbow foot

hip joint knee lap limb

shank shin thick thigh vertebra

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to leg (third-person singular simple present legs, present participle legging, simple past and past participle legged)

1. To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
2. To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
3. To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.

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• leg it

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[edit] Danish

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• IPA: /lɑj/, [lɑjˀ]
• Homophones: lej

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leg c. (singular definite legen, plural indefinite lege)

1. play, game
2. (zoology) spawning (fish)

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leg

1. (first-person singular indicative present tense of leggen) lay, put

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leg(e)

1. (first-person singular indicative present tense of legen) lay, put

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leg n. (leg-s, leg)

1. uterus

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• legháls
• leghálssýking
• legnám

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [leg]

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leg

1. first-person singular present tense form of lega.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of lega.

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leg (also legg) n.

1. (slang) Short form of legitimation: any kind of ID card.

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[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology

From English leg.

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leg

1. lower leg, foot

[edit] Synonyms

• ngar (western dialect)