leg

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See also: lég, lèg, -leg, leg-, leg., lęg, and łęg

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English leg, legge, from Old Norse leggr (“leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg, hollow tube, stalk”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz, *lagwijaz (“leg, thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(ǝ)lak-, *lēk- (“leg; the main muscle of the arm or leg”). Cognate with Scots leg (“leg”), Icelandic leggur (“leg, limb”), Norwegian Bokmål legg (“leg”), Norwegian Nynorsk legg (“leg”), Swedish Swedish lägg (“leg, shank, shaft”), Danish læg (“leg”), Lombardic lagi (“thigh, shank, leg”), Latin lacertus (“limb, arm”), Persian لنگ (leng). Upon borrowing, mostly displaced the native Old English term sċanca (Modern English shank).

Pronunciation

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Noun

leg (plural legs)

  1. The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
    Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
  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.
    The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
  4. (figurative) Something that supports.
  5. A stage of a journey, race etc.
    After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
  6. (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
  7. (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
  8. (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
    • 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, in RTE Sport‎[1]:
      A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.
  9. (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
  10. (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
  11. A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
    the legs of a chair or table
  12. (usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist
  13. (UK, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
  14. An extension of a steam 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.
  15. In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
  16. (cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
  17. (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
  18. (electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
  19. (finance) An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
  20. (US, slang, military) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
  21. (now archaic) A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 74:
      Hickman came in, making his legs, and stroking his cravat and ruffles.
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Verb

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  1. To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
  2. To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
  3. To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
  4. To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “leg”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Etymology 2

Noun

leg (plural not attested)

  1. Abbreviation of legislature.
    One argument made a lot in the leg was that the bill would simplify voting.

Adjective

leg (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of legislative.
    The party wants to tackle social issues in the next leg term.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ligō. Compare Romanian lega, leg.

Verb

leg (second-person singular present indicative ledz, third-person singular present indicative leadzi or leadze, second-person plural present indicative ligats, past participle ligatã)

  1. I tie, bind.

See also

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leikr.

Pronunciation

Noun

leg c (singular definite legen, plural indefinite lege)

  1. play, game
  2. (zoology) spawning (fish)
Inflection
Declension of leg
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative leg legen lege legene
genitive legs legens leges legenes

Etymology 2

Verb

leg

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of lege

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

leg

  1. neck; throat

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

leg

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of leggen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of leggen

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

leg

  1. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of legen.
  2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of legen.
  3. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of legen.
  4. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of legen.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

leg n (genitive singular legs, nominative plural leg)

  1. uterus

Declension

declension of leg
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative leg legið leg legin
accusative leg legið leg legin
dative legi leginu legum legunum
genitive legs legsins lega leganna

Derived terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse leggr, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

leg (plural legges)

  1. leg, limb
  2. shank, shin
  3. leg (cut of meat)
  4. leg armour
  5. The stem of a wine glass

Descendants

  • English: leg
  • Scots: leg

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

leg

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of lege

Old Norse

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Noun

leg n

  1. burial place

Declension

  Declension of leg (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative leg legit leg legin
accusative leg legit leg legin
dative legi leginu legum legunum
genitive legs legsins lega leganna

Derived terms

References

  • “leg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

leg

  1. genitive plural of lega

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

leg

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lega
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of lega

Swedish

Verb

leg

  1. certified, authorized; indicating an authorized medical doctor, not a quack. Abbreviation of legitimerad.

Noun

leg n

  1. (slang) ID card showing the owner's age; Abbreviation of legitimation.
    jag fick visa leg på systemet
    at the state monopoly liquor store, they asked me to verify my age

Declension

Declension of leg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative leg legget leg leggen
Genitive legs leggets legs leggens

See also

Anagrams

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English leg.

Noun

leg

  1. lower leg, foot

Synonyms

  • ngar (western dialect)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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Noun

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  1. afterbirth from calving
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