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limb

noun

1 limb

One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper.

Roget 949: bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer etc. 913; sinner; the wicked etc. 945; bad example.    villain, rascal, ... show more

Dutch: ledemaat, lidmaat
Polish: kończyna

2 limb

Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree.

synonym: tree branch.

Polish: konar

3 limb

astronomy The circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet.

4 limb

Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip.

Polish: łęczysko

5 limb

The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles.

6 limb

Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm.

synonyms: arm, branch.

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, ... show more

Roget 51: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, ... show more

Dutch: armen
Polish: ramię


Moby thesaurus: ankle, appendage, arm, bank, bar, bayonet legs, beam, bine, board, boom, border, bordure, bough, bowlegs, branch, branchedness, branchiness, brim, brink, brow ... show more.

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