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- 1. an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing. Similar
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Learn the various meanings and uses of the word limb, from animal appendages to tree branches to celestial edges. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of limb.
an arm or leg of a person or animal: The accident victims mostly had injuries to their lower limbs (= legs). an artificial limb. Fewer examples. Amputation of the limb is really a last resort. Although she had to have her leg amputated, she still feels as though she's got a phantom limb. He risked life and limb to get the cat down from the tree.
Limb definition: a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing. See examples of LIMB used in a sentence.
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Definitions of limb. noun. one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper. see more. noun. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. synonyms: arm, branch. see more. noun. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree. synonyms: tree branch. see more. noun.
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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.
