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 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.
[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 anklelimb - 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" 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 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 locomotionprehensor - the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths limb - one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper | | 3. | leg - one of the supports for a piece of furniturechair - 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"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 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 foodcut 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 | | 6. |  leg - a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg | | 7. | leg - a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's legcuff, 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 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 tackdistance, 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"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
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leg [lɛg] n → pierna; [of animal, chair] → pata;
leg [lɛg] n → jambe f [of animal]; patte f [of furniture]; pied m;
leg [lɛg] n → Bein nt;
leg [lɛg] n → gamba; [of animal] → zampa; [of furniture] → piede m;
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