Noun: leg leg- A human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- pin [informal], peg [informal], stick [informal] - A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
- One of the supports for a piece of furniture
- A part of a forked or branching shape
"he broke off one of the legs"; - branch, ramification - The limb of an animal used for food
- A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- peg [informal], wooden leg, pegleg [informal], peg leg [informal] - A cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
- (nautical) the distance travelled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- A section or portion of a journey or course
"then we embarked on the second leg of our Caribbean cruise"; - stage
Derived forms: legs Type of: cloth covering, cut, cut of meat, distance, length, limb, prosthesis, prosthetic, prosthetic device, subfigure, support, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn] Part of: body, camp bed [Brit], chair, cot [Brit], dacks [Austral, NZ], daks [Austral, NZ], forking, four-poster, furcation, grand, grand piano, hospital bed, journey, journeying, organic structure, pair of trousers, pants [N. Amer], spinning wheel, table, tripod, trousers Encyclopedia: Leg, Piaseczno County |