support leg

  • 11leg — legless, adj. leglike, adj. /leg/, n., v., legged, legging. n. 1. either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body. 2. Anat. the lower limb of a… …

    Universalium

  • 12leg — leg1 W1S1 [leg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body part)¦ 2¦(meat)¦ 3¦(furniture)¦ 4¦(clothing)¦ 5¦(journey/race)¦ 6¦(sport)¦ 7 not have a leg to stand on 8 get your leg over 9 have legs ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13leg — n 1. limb, lower limb, member; Anat. tibia, Anat. fibula, shinbone, shin, shank, Sl. gam, Inf. peg, Inf. pin, (usu. pi.) Inf. stumps; calf, thigh, (usu. pi.) hams. 2. support, underpinning, standard, prop, brace, framework; post, column, pillar,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 14leg — /lɛg / (say leg) noun 1. one of the members or limbs which support and move the human or animal body. 2. this part of an animal, especially lamb or veal, used as meat to roast, bake, etc. 3. that part of the limb between the knee and the ankle. 4 …

  • 15leg — 1 /leg/ noun 1 BODY PART (C) either of the two long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insect: Angie broke her leg skiing. | A spider has 8 legs. | She s got long skinny legs. 2 FOOD (C, U) the leg… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16Leg — For other uses, see Leg (disambiguation). Diagram of an insect leg A leg is a weight bearing and locomotive structure, usually having a columnar shape. During locomotion, legs function as extensible struts [1] the combination of movements at all… …

    Wikipedia

  • 17leg — [[t]le̱g[/t]] ♦♦ legs, legging, legged 1) N COUNT: usu poss N A person or animal s legs are the long parts of their body that they use to stand on. He was tapping his walking stick against his leg. Derived words: legged [[t] legɪd[/t]] COMB in… …

    English dictionary

  • 18leg — noun 1》 each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands.     ↘a leg of an animal or bird as food.     ↘a part of a garment covering a leg or part of a leg.     ↘(legs) informal sustained popularity or success: some books have legs …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19Leg (disambiguation) — A leg is a limb used to support an animal.Leg may also refer to: * The human leg * Cathetus, the leg lines that form angles or triangles * Leg (rallying) * Leg (sailing), A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one… …

    Wikipedia

  • 20leg — [[t]lɛg[/t]] n. v. legged, leg•ging 1) anat. either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, that support and move the body 2) anat. the lower limb of a human being from the knee to the ankle… …

    From formal English to slang