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41limb — [[t]lɪ̱m[/t]] limbs 1) N COUNT: usu pl Your limbs are your arms and legs. She would be able to stretch out her cramped limbs and rest for a few hours. 2) N COUNT The limbs of a tree are its branches. [LITERARY] This entire rickety structure was… …
42limb — noun (C) 1 out on a limb alone and without help or support: All the other EU governments have signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb. | go out on a limb (=take a risk) 2 an arm or leg 3 a large branch of a tree 4 strong limbed/long… …
43limb */*/ — UK [lɪm] / US noun [countable] Word forms limb : singular limb plural limbs 1) an arm, or a leg She rested her tired, aching limbs. an artificial limb 2) a large branch on a tree 3) a part of something that sticks out • tear/rip someone limb from …
44limb — {{11}}limb (n.1) part or member, O.E. lim limb, joint, main branch of a tree, from P.Gmc. *limu (Cf. O.N. limr limb, lim small branch of a tree ), a variant of *liþu (Cf. O.E. liþ, O.Fris. lith, O.N. liðr, Goth. liþus …
45limb — limb1 limbless, adj. /lim/, n. 1. a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs. 2. a large or main branch of a tree. 3. a projecting part or member: the four limbs… …
46limb — n. 1) an artificial limb 2) the lower; upper limbs 3) (misc.) out on a limb ( in a precarious position ) * * * [lɪm] upper limbs an artificial limb the lower (misc.) out on a limb ( in a precarious position ) …
47limb — 1. n. 1 any of the projecting parts of a person s or animal s body used for contact or movement. 2 a large branch of a tree. 3 a branch of a cross. 4 a spur of a mountain. 5 a clause of a sentence. Phrases and idioms: out on a limb 1 isolated,… …
48limb — limb1 noun 1》 an arm, leg, or wing. 2》 a large branch of a tree. ↘a branch of a cross. 3》 a projecting landform such as a spur of a mountain range. ↘a projecting section of a building. Phrases life and limb life and bodily faculties. out… …
49limb — I [[t]lɪm[/t]] n. 1) anat. one of the paired bodily appendages of animals, used esp. for moving or grasping; a leg, arm, or wing 2) a large or main branch of a tree 3) a projecting part or member: the four limbs of a cross[/ex] 4) a person or… …
50limb — n 1. part, member, appendage, extension, extremity; wing, arm, leg, Inf. gam, Inf. pin, Brit. Dial. lith; artifical leg or arm, prosthesis; branch, projection, spur. 2. offshoot, shoot, scion, descendant, heir, offspring, child, Inf. chip off the …
