limb
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Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English lim and Old English lim. The silent -b began to appear in the late 1500s.
Noun [edit]
limb (plural limbs)
- A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing)
- A branch of a tree.
- (archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
- (botany) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
- (astronomy) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun or moon.
- The graduated margin of an arc or circle in an instrument for measuring angles.
- An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
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Translations [edit]
major appendage of human or animal
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branch of a tree
part of bow
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Verb [edit]
limb (third-person singular simple present limbs, present participle limbing, simple past and past participle limbed)
- To remove the limbs from an animal or tree.
- They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
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Translations [edit]
to remove limbs
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin limbus, "border".
Noun [edit]
limb (plural limbs)
- (astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
- solar limb
- (on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
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