limb
Meaning of limb
noun
- an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing.
they got out, stretching their cramped limbs
fractured limbs
- a large branch of a tree.
the bare limbs of a high tree
- a projecting landform such as a spur of a mountain range, or each of two or more such projections as in a forked peninsula or archipelago.
Old English lim (also in the sense ‘organ or part of the body’), of Germanic origin.
noun- the edge of the disc of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon.
the eastern limb of the moon
- the blade or broad part of a leaf or petal.
- the graduated arc of a quadrant or other scientific instrument, used for measuring angles.
late Middle English: from French limbe or Latin limbus ‘hem, border’.
Information about limb
- It is a name.
- The plural form of limb is: limbs.
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Hyphenation of limb
limb
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- limb is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
limb synonyms
Meaning arm:
Meaning each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands:
Meaning (in a bird) a modified forelimb that bears large feathers and is used for flying:
Meaning the furthest point or limit of something:
Meaning a projecting part of an invertebrate or other living organism, with a distinct appearance or function:
Meaning a thing that protrudes from something else:
Meaning an estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends:
Meaning a part of the body, especially a limb:
Meaning a main branch of a tree:
Translation of limb
Anagrams of limb
Words that rhyme with limb
climb, outclimb, overclimb, reclimb, sclimb, unclimb, upclimb, hindlimb, forelimb, unlimb, uplimb, dislimb, outlimb
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