limb: Meaning and Definition of
limb
Pronunciation: (lim), [key]
— n.
- a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs.
- a large or main branch of a tree.
- a projecting part or member: the four limbs of a cross.
- a person or thing regarded as a part, member, branch, offshoot, or scion of something: a limb of the central committee.
- the upper or lower part of a bow.
- a mischievous child, imp, or young scamp.
- in a dangerous or compromising situation; vulnerable: The company overextended itself financially and was soon out on a limb.
—v.t.
- to cut the limbs from (a felled tree).
limb
Pronunciation: (lim), [key]
— n.
- the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.
- the graduated edge of a quadrant or similar instrument.
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- the upper spreading part of a gamopetalous corolla.
- the expanded portion of a petal, sepal, or leaf.
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