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leg  (lg)

n.

1.

a. A limb or an appendage of an animal, used for locomotion or support.

b. One of the lower or hind limbs in humans and primates.

c. The part of the limb between the knee and foot in vertebrates.

d. The back part of the hindquarter of a meat animal.

2. A supporting part resembling a leg in shape or function.

3. One of the branches of a forked or jointed object.

4. The part of a garment, especially of a pair of trousers, that covers the leg.

5. Mathematics Either side of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.

6. A stage of a journey or course, especially:

a. Nautical The distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack.

b. The part of an air route or a flight pattern that is between two successive stops, positions, or changes in direction.

c. One of several contests that must be successfully completed in order to determine the winner of a competition.

d. Sports One stretch of a relay race.

7. legs The narrow streams of swirled wine or spirits that run slowly down along the inside of a glass, often believed to indicate that the liquid is full-bodied.

8. legs The ability to last or sustain success, especially by appealing to an audience: a blockbuster movie that has legs.

intr.v. legged, leg·ging, legs Informal

To go on foot; walk or run. Often used with the indefinite it: Because we missed the bus, we had to leg it across town.

Idioms:

a leg to stand on Slang

A justifiable or logical basis for defense; support: He doesn't have a leg to stand on in this debate.

a leg up Slang

1. The act or an instance of assisting; a boost.

2. A position of advantage; an edge: We have a leg up on the competition.

on (one's) last legs

At the end of one's strength or resources; ready to collapse, fail, or die.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse leggr.]

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leg

Noun

1. either of the two lower limbs in humans, or any similar structure in animals that is used for movement or support

2. the part of a garment that covers the leg

3. a lower limb of an animal, esp. the thigh, used for food: leg of lamb

4. something similar to a leg in appearance or function, such as one of the supports of a chair

5. a section of a journey

6. a single stage, lap, or length in a relay race

7. one of a series of games, matches, or parts of games

8. Cricket the side of the field to the left of a right-handed batsman as he faces the bowler

9. not have a leg to stand on Informal to have no reasonable basis for an opinion or argument

10. on one's last legs worn out or exhausted

11. to pull someone's leg Informal to tease or make fun of someone

12. shake a leg Informal to hurry up

13. stretch one's legs to stand up or walk around, esp. after sitting for some time

Verb

[legging, legged]

leg it Informal to walk, run, or hurry [Old Norse leggr]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" fibular vein, peroneal vein, vena peroneus - accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein saphenous vein, vena saphena - either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot tibial vein, vena tibialis - veins of the lower leg; empty into the popliteal vein limb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper crus - the leg from the knee to foot peg, pin, stick - informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" bandy leg, bandyleg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara, bow leg - a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) shank's mare, shank's pony, shanks' mare, shanks' pony - you own legs; "I traveled on shank's mare" spindlelegs, spindleshanks - long thin legs thigh - the part of the leg between the hip and the knee shank - the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle shin - the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle foot, human foot, pes - the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" nervus ischiadicus, sciatic nerve - arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves nervus saphenus, saphenous nerve - a branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee, knee joint - hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella ankle, ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint - a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus musculus tibialis, tibialis, tibialis muscle - either of two skeletal muscle in each leg arising from the tibia; provides for movement of the foot leg bone - a bone of the leg calf bone, fibula - the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle shinbone, tibia, shin bone, shin - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle genu valgum, knock-knee, tibia valga - an inward slant of the thigh
	2.	leg - a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion prehensor - the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths animal leg - the leg of an animal limb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper pedal extremity, vertebrate foot - the extremity of the limb in vertebrates
	3.	leg - one of the supports for a piece of furniture chair - a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down" camp bed, cot - a small bed that folds up for storage or transport four-poster - a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains grand piano, grand - a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs hospital bed - a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required spinning wheel - a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" table - a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" tripod - a three-legged rack used for support
	4.	leg - a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches" ramification, branch subfigure - a figure that is a part of another figure forking, furcation - the place where something divides into branches bifurcation - a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) brachium - (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal crotch, fork - the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"
	5.	leg - the limb of an animal used for food cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass ham hock - a small cut of meat from the leg just above the foot gigot, leg of lamb - lamb leg suitable for roasting
	6.	leg - a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg pegleg, wooden leg, peg prosthesis, prosthetic device - corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
	7.	leg - a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg cloth covering - a covering made of cloth cuff, turnup - the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg foot - a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet" knee - the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee pant leg, trouser leg - the leg of a pair of trousers trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
	8.	leg - (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor distance, length - size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"
	9.	leg - a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" stage travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another fare-stage - a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same

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leg

noun 1. limb, member, shank, lower limb, pin (informal) stump (informal)

noun 2. support, prop, brace, upright

noun 3. stage, part, section, stretch, lap, segment, portion leg it (Informal) run, walk, escape, flee, hurry, run away, make off, make tracks, hotfoot, go on foot, skedaddle (informal) not have a leg to stand on (Informal) have no basis, be vulnerable, be undermined, be invalid, be illogical, be defenceless, lack support, be full of holes on its or your last legs worn out, dying, failing, exhausted, giving up the ghost, at death's door, about to collapse, about to fail, about to break down pull someone's leg (Informal) tease, joke, trick, fool, kid (informal) have (someone) on, rag, rib (informal) wind up Brit. (slang) deceive, hoax, make fun of, poke fun at, twit, chaff, lead up the garden path, jerk or yank someone's chain (informal) shake a leg (Informal) hurry, rush, move it, hasten, get cracking (informal) get a move on (informal) look lively (informal) stir your stumps (informal) stretch your legs take a walk, exercise, stroll, promenade, move about, go for a walk, take the air

Translations

leg [lɛg] n → pierna; [of animal, chair] → pata;

(CULIN) [of meat] → pierna; [of journey] → etapa;

lst/2nd leg (SPORT) → partido de ida/de vuelta;

to pull sb's leg → tomar el pelo a algn;

to stretch one's legs → dar una vuelta

leg [lɛg] n → jambe f [of animal]; patte f [of furniture]; pied m;

(Culin) [of chicken]; cuisse f [of journey]; étape f;

lst/2nd leg (Sport) → match m aller/retour [of journey]; 1ère/2ème étape;

leg of lamb (Culin) → gigot m d'agneau;

to stretch one's legs → se dégourdir les jambes

leg [lɛg] n → Bein nt;

(Culin) → Keule f;

(Sport) → Runde f;

(000) (of relay race) → Teilstrecke f [of journey etc] → Etappe f;

to stretch one's legs → sich dat die Beine vertreten;

to get one's leg over (inf) → bumsen

leg [lɛg] n → gamba; [of animal] → zampa; [of furniture] → piede m;

(CULIN) [of chicken] → coscia; [of journey] → tappa;

lst/2nd leg (SPORT) → partita di andata/ritorno;

leg of lamb (CULIN) → cosciotto d'agnello;

to stretch one's legs → sgranchirsi le gambe

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leg

n leg [leg]

1 one of the limbs by which animals and man walk The horse injured a front leg; She stood on one leg.beenرِجْلкракnohabendas Beinπόδιpiernajalg, säärساق پاjalka, sääripatte, jambeרֶגֶלटांगnogaláb(szár)kaki(fót)leggurzampa; gamba脚다리kojakājakakibeen, pootbeinnogapernapiciorногаnohanoganogabenขาbacak腿ногаٹانگchân腿

2 the part of an article of clothing that covers one of these limbs closely He has torn the leg of his trousers.pypرِجل البَنْطَلونкрачолnohaviceben; buksebendas Beinμπατζάκιpernerapüksisäärپاچهhousunlahjejambeמִכנָסपायचाnogavicaszár (nadrágé, harisnyáé)bagian kaki(buxna)skálmgamba脚部옷의 다리 부분klešnė(bikšu) starakakibeen, pijp(bukse)beinnogawkapernacrac (de pantaloni)штанинаnohavicahlačnicanogavica[]benขากางเกงpaça褲腿штанина, холошаپوشاک کا ٹانگ کو ڈھنکنے والا حصہống quần裤脚管

3 a long, narrow support of a table etc One of the legs of the chair was broken.beenرِجل الطاوِلَه أو الكُرْسيкракnohabendas Beinπόδι, στήριγμα (π.χ. τραπεζιού)patajalgپایهjalkapiedרֶגֶלपायाnogalábkaki meja dsbfóturgamba脚(책상 등의) 다리koja(mēbeles) kājakakipoot(bord)bein, støttenogapernapiciorножкаnohanoganogabenขาเก้าอี้ayak腿，腳ніжка; підпіркаمیز کی ٹانگchân bàn腿脚

4 one stage in a journey, competition etc the last leg of the trip; the second leg of the contest.beenالمَرْحَلَة الأخيرَه من الرِّحْلَهетапetapa; koloetapedie Etappeσκέλος, φάση (π.χ. ταξιδιού)etapajärk, etappدور؛ مرحلهetappiétapeקֶטַעपडा़वetapa(út)szakaszbagianáfangitappa１行程한 여정etapas(ceļa, sacīkšu u.tml.) posmsperingkatetappestrekning, etappeetapetapaetapăэтапetapa; koloetapaetapaetapp, omgångการแข่งขันหรือการเดินทางรอบหนึ่ง ๆaşama, ayak, etap一段旅程фазаسفر، مقابلے کا ایک مرحلہchặng一段旅程

adj -legged [legid]

a long-legged girl; a four-legged animal.benigذو أرجُلс ... крака-nohý-benet; med ben...-beinig-ποδος (ως β΄ συνθ.)de... piernas/patassäärtega, jalgadegaپسوند به معنی داشتن پا با خصوصیتی خاصsäärinen, jalkainenà/aux... jambes (...)בַּעַל רַגלָיִים -टांग वाला-nožnilábúberkaki-fættura (...) gambe－足の「...다리를 가진」, 「...개의 다리가 있는」이란 뜻의 연결형-kojis-kājainsberkaki-benig(lang-/fire)beint-nogi, –nożnyde pernascu (...) picioare (...)-ногий-nohýz (...) nogami-nog-bentขา... ayaklı有...腿的такий, що має стільки-то нігکسی مخصوص قسم یا تعداد کی ٹانگوں والاthuộc chân有...腿的

pull someone's leg

to try as a joke to make someone believe something which is not true You haven't really got a black mark on your face – he's only pulling your leg.sy been trekيَخْدَع بالمُزاح، يَضحَك على مُمازِحاًмайтапя се сtahat za nohugøre grin med; lave sjov medauf den Arm nehmenδουλεύω, πειράζω κπ.tomar el pelo a alguienninapidi vedamaدست انداختنvetää nenästäfaire marcher qqn“לִמתוֹחַ”बनाना, मूर्ख बनानाzadirkivatiugrat vkitmengecohteyma e-n á asnaeyrunum(cercare di darla a bere a qualcuno)からかう놀리다mulkinti kąizjokot/āzēt kādubergurauin de maling nemenspøke med, narrenabierać kogośbrincar coma păcăliморочить головуuťahovať si z kohoimeti koga za norcazavitlavatidriva (skoja) med ngnล้อเล่นbirisine şaka yapmak, takılmak哄騙取笑某人дражнитиکسی سے مزاق کرناgiễu cợt ai哄骗取笑某人