limbed

(lĭmd)

adj.

Having limbs, especially of a certain kind. Often used in combination: a long-limbed boy; a strong-limbed miner.

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limbed

(lɪmd)

adj

a. having limbs

b. (in combination): short-limbed; strong-limbed.

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limbed

(lɪmd)

adj.

having a specified number or kind of limbs (often used in combination): a long-limbed dancer.

[1275–1325]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

limbed - having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination); "strong-limbed"

limbless - having no limbs; "a snake is a limbless reptile"

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The serjeant then acquainted his lieutenant, who was the commanding officer, that they had picked up two fellows in that day's march, one of which, he said, was as fine a man as ever he saw (meaning the tippler), for that he was near six feet, well proportioned, and strongly limbed; and the other (meaning Jones) would do well enough for the rear rank.

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Satisfied by his scrutiny, my light limbed companion swung himself nimbly upon it, and twisting his legs round it in sailor fashion, slipped down eight or ten feet, where his weight gave it a motion not un-like that of a pendulum.

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