1. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper
   "The octopus has eight limbs called tentacles"
    
2. Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
   "The old oak's limbs spread wide, providing ample shade";
   - tree branch
    
3. Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
   "the limb of the record player";
   - arm, branch
    
4. Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
   "the upper limb of the bow"
    
5. The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
   "the limb of the sextant"
    
6. (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
   "The astronomer observed sunspots near the limb of the sun"

Sounds like: likens, lichlimb

Derived forms: limbs

Type of: appendage, arc, border, branch, edge, extremity, member, part, portion, projection

Part of: appendicular skeleton, bow, octant, sextant, tree

Encyclopedia: Limb, Thomas