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Noun: leg  leg
  1. A human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
     
  2. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
     
  3. One of the supports for a piece of furniture
     
  4. A part of a forked or branching shape
    "he broke off one of the legs";
    - branch, ramification
     
  5. The limb of an animal used for food
     
  6. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
    - peg, wooden leg, pegleg
     
  7. A cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
     
  8. (nautical) the distance travelled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
     
  9. A section or portion of a journey or course
    "then we embarked on the second leg of our Caribbean cruise";
    - stage

Derived forms: legs

Type of: cloth covering, cut, cut of meat, distance, length, limb, prosthesis, prosthetic device, subfigure, support, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: body, camp bed [Brit], chair, cot, dack [Austral, NZ], dak [Austral, NZ], forking, four-poster, furcation, grand, grand piano, hospital bed, journey, journeying, organic structure, pant [N. Amer], physical structure, spinning wheel, table, tripod, trouser

Encyclopedia: Leg, Gmina Polaniec Leg, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Leg, Lodz Voivodeship Leg Leg, Czestochowa County Leg, Gmina Osiek Leg, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Leg, Pleszew County Leg, Raciborz County Leg, Srem County Leg, Lubliniec County Leg, Mlawa County Leg, Piaseczno County