leg
Meaning of leg
noun
- each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands.
Adams broke his leg
he was off as fast as his legs would carry him
a leg injury
- each of the supports of a chair, table, or other structure.
table legs
the house was set on legs
- a section or stage of a journey or process.
the return leg of his journey
- a branch of a forked object.
- the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) away from which the batsman's feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball.
he played a lucky stroke to leg
- a deferential gesture made by drawing back one leg and bending it while keeping the front leg straight.
- travel by foot; walk.
I am part of a team legging it around London
- propel (a boat) through a tunnel on a canal by pushing with one's legs against the tunnel roof or sides.
a little boy was lying on his back, legging the boat along
Middle English (superseding shank): from Old Norse leggr (compare with Danish læg ‘calf (of the leg)’), of Germanic origin.
Information about leg
- The plural form of leg is: legs.
- Languages in which leg is used:
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Hyphenation of leg
leg
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- leg is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
leg synonyms
Meaning branch:
Meaning peg:
Meaning stage:
Meaning a person's leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle:
Meaning an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing:
Meaning a part of the body, especially a limb:
Meaning an elongated part of an anatomical structure, especially one which occurs in the body as a pair:
Meaning the bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down:
Meaning a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc:
Meaning a post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support:
Meaning a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright:
Meaning a pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position:
Meaning a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support:
Meaning a solid foundation laid below ground level to support or strengthen a building:
Meaning an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument:
Meaning an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something:
Meaning a part of a whole:
Meaning each of the parts into which something is or may be divided:
Meaning any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up:
Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:
Meaning a distinct period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development:
Meaning an act of stretching one's limbs or body:
Meaning the flat area between the waist and knees of a seated person:
Meaning an act or movement of putting one leg in front of the other in walking or running:
Meaning a sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time:
Meaning the action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another:
Meaning the action of subdividing or being subdivided:
Meaning a division of a section:
Meaning a particular point in events or time:
Meaning move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:
Meaning walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread:
Meaning walk heavily or noisily:
Meaning go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot:
Meaning walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions:
Meaning walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps:
Meaning walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way:
Meaning walk for pleasure in the countryside:
Translation of leg
- German: Bein, Abschnitt, Etappe, Runde, Durchgang
- Spanish: pierna, etapa, ronda
- French: jambe, étape, épreuve
- Portuguese: perna, etapa, volta, ronda
- Italian: gamba, tappa, turno
Anagrams of leg
Words that rhyme with leg
joktaleg, cleg, Redleg, redleg, midleg, hindleg, strideleg, foreleg, gateleg, jacteleg, jockteleg, jocteleg, whiteleg, blueleg, fleg, stiffleg, gleg, pegleg, longleg, dogleg, frogleg, roughleg, blackleg, jackleg, kelleg, Oleg, proleg, upleg, shearleg, overleg, saberleg, sheerleg, bootleg, potleg, bowleg, hyleg
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