Limb
21limb — 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… …
22limb — ( ) [Holthuis, 1993]. Schematic drawing of a thoracic leg. [Holthuis, 1993] (Subclass Copepoda): The paired appendage of the five cephalic and seven thoracic somites. A limb has three axes, anterioposterior, proximodistal, and dorsoventral (the… …
23limb — 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 ) …
24limb — 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… …
25limb — dis·limb; limb; limb·less; limb·meal; …
26limb — 1. An extremity; a member; an arm or leg. SYN: member. 2. A segment of any jointed structure. SEE ALSO: leg, crus. [A.S. lim] ampullary membranous limbs of semicircular ducts [TA] the dilated ends of the three semicircular ducts, each of which… …
27limb — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ short ▪ slender, thin ▪ flailing ▪ Two arms reached around her flailing limbs …
28limb — 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… …
29limb — I. noun Etymology: Middle English lim, from Old English; akin to Old Norse limr limb and perhaps to Old English lith limb Date: before 12th century 1. a. one of the projecting paired appendages (as wings) of an animal body used especially for… …
30Limb — This intriguing and rare name is of medieval English origin and is a dialectal variant of the locational name Lumb , from places so called in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, and derives from the Old English pre 7th Century lum(m) , a pool. Lum is… …
