Limb - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |lɪm|  American pronunciation of the word limb
Brit.  |lɪm|  British pronunciation of the word limb

noun

- one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
- (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
- either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
the upper limb of the bow
- the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
the limb of the sextant
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm (syn: arm, branch)

Extra examples

Name the limbs of the lock, and the other principal parts of the rifle.

An army is but the limb of a nation.

The tree limb fell and nearly brained me.

The broken limb must be immobilized immediately.

He has risked life and limb (=has done very dangerous things) to photograph some of the world's most dangerous animals.

She risks life and limb every day in her job as an undercover investigator.

All the other countries signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb.

He'd gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us.

Why risk life and limb (=risk your life and health) jumping out of a plane just to raise money for charity?

Word forms

noun
singular: limb
plural: limbs
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