Pronunciation Noun
leg (plural legs)
- The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
- Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
- (anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
- The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
- (figurative) Something that supports.
- A stage of a journey, race etc.
- After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
- (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
- (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
- (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
- (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
- (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
- the legs of a chair or table
- (usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist
- (UK, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
- An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
- In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
- (cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
- (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- (electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
- (finance) An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
- (US, slang, military) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
- (now, archaic) A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 74:
- Hickman came in, making his legs, and stroking his cravat and ruffles.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 74:
- (side of a right triangle) cathetus
leg (legs, present participle legging; past and past participle legged)
- To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
- To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
- To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
- To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
leg
- Abbreviation of legislature#English|legislature.
- One argument made a lot in the leg was that the bill would simplify voting.
leg (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of legislative#English|legislative.
- The party wants to tackle social issues in the next leg term.
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