leg (l g)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 Idioms: 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. 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. [Middle English, from Old Norse leggr.] |
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]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 anklebody, 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 bandy leg, bandyleg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara, bow leg - a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) 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 |
| 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" 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" subfigure - a figure that is a part of another figure bifurcation - a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) brachium - (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal | |
| 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 legprosthesis, 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 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 | |
| 8. | leg - (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack | |
| 9. | leg - a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" 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 |
leg
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 → Bein nt;
(Culin) → Keule f;
(Sport) → Runde f;
(000) (of relay race) → Teilstrecke f [of journey etc] → Etappe f;
to get one's leg over (inf) → bumsen
leg [lɛg] n → gamba; [of animal] → zampa; [of furniture] → piede m;
to stretch one's legs → sgranchirsi le gambe
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. been رِجْل крак noha ben das Bein πόδι pierna jalg, säär ساق پا jalka, sääri patte, jambe רֶגֶל टांग noga láb(szár) kaki (fót)leggur zampa; gamba 脚 다리 koja kāja kaki been, poot bein noga perna picior нога noha noga noga ben ขา bacak 腿 нога ٹانگ chân 腿
2 the part of an article of clothing that covers one of these limbs closely He has torn the leg of his trousers. pyp رِجل البَنْطَلون крачол nohavice ben; bukseben das Bein μπατζάκι pernera püksisäär پاچه housunlahje jambe מִכנָס पायचा nogavica szár (nadrágé, harisnyáé) bagian kaki (buxna)skálm gamba 脚部 옷의 다리 부분 klešnė (bikšu) stara kaki been, pijp (bukse)bein nogawka perna crac (de pantaloni) штанина nohavica hlačnica nogavica []ben ขากางเกง paça 褲腿 штанина, холоша پوشاک کا ٹانگ کو ڈھنکنے والا حصہ ống quần 裤脚管
3 a long, narrow support of a table etc One of the legs of the chair was broken. been رِجل الطاوِلَه أو الكُرْسي крак noha ben das Bein πόδι, στήριγμα (π.χ. τραπεζιού) pata jalg پایه jalka pied רֶגֶל पाया noga láb kaki meja dsb fótur gamba 脚 (책상 등의) 다리 koja (mēbeles) kāja kaki poot (bord)bein, støtte noga perna picior ножка noha noga noga ben ขาเก้าอี้ ayak 腿，腳 ніжка; підпірка میز کی ٹانگ chân bàn 腿脚
4 one stage in a journey, competition etc the last leg of the trip; the second leg of the contest. been المَرْحَلَة الأخيرَه من الرِّحْلَه етап etapa; kolo etape die Etappe σκέλος, φάση (π.χ. ταξιδιού) etapa järk, etapp دور؛ مرحله etappi étape קֶטַע पडा़व etapa (út)szakasz bagian áfangi tappa １行程 한 여정 etapas (ceļa, sacīkšu u.tml.) posms peringkat etappe strekning, etappe etap etapa etapă этап etapa; kolo etapa etapa etapp, omgång การแข่งขันหรือการเดินทางรอบหนึ่ง ๆ aşama, ayak, etap 一段旅程 фаза سفر، مقابلے کا ایک مرحلہ chặng 一段旅程
adj -legged [legid]
a long-legged girl; a four-legged animal. benig ذو أرجُل с ... крака -nohý -benet; med ben ...-beinig -ποδος (ως β΄ συνθ.) de... piernas/patas säärtega, jalgadega پسوند به معنی داشتن پا با خصوصیتی خاص säärinen, jalkainen à/aux... jambes (...) בַּעַל רַגלָיִים - टांग वाला -nožni lábú berkaki -fættur a (...) gambe －足の 「...다리를 가진」, 「...개의 다리가 있는」이란 뜻의 연결형 -kojis -kājains berkaki -benig (lang-/fire)beint -nogi, –nożny de pernas cu (...) picioare (...) -ногий -nohý z (...) nogami -nog -bent ขา ... ayaklı 有...腿的 такий, що має стільки-то ніг کسی مخصوص قسم یا تعداد کی ٹانگوں والا thuộc 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 trek يَخْدَع بالمُزاح، يَضحَك على مُمازِحاً майтапя се с tahat za nohu gøre grin med; lave sjov med auf den Arm nehmen δουλεύω, πειράζω κπ. tomar el pelo a alguien ninapidi vedama دست انداختن vetää nenästä faire marcher qqn “לִמתוֹחַ” बनाना, मूर्ख बनाना zadirkivati ugrat vkit mengecoh teyma e-n á asnaeyrunum (cercare di darla a bere a qualcuno) からかう 놀리다 mulkinti ką izjokot/āzēt kādu bergurau in de maling nemen spøke med, narre nabierać kogoś brincar com a păcăli морочить голову uťahovať si z koho imeti koga za norca zavitlavati driva (skoja) med ngn ล้อเล่น birisine şaka yapmak, takılmak 哄騙取笑某人 дражнити کسی سے مزاق کرنا giễu cợt ai 哄骗取笑某人
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