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a
: one of the projecting paired appendages (such as wings) of an animal body used especially for movement and grasping but sometimes modified into sensory or sexual organs
b
: a leg or arm of a human being
combat soldiers who had lost limbs
2
: a large primary branch of a tree
3
: an active member or agent
a limb of the law
5
: a mischievous child
limbed; limbing; limbs
1
: the outer edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body
2
: the expanded portion of an organ or structure
especially
: the upper spreading portion of a corolla (as of the phlox) whose lower part consists of a tube of fused petals
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Examples of limb in a Sentence
Noun (1)
we hung the swing from the highest limb of the tree that we could reach
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Leaves mixed with trash, limbs or other debris will not be picked up.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Beverly Rivers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
Thinning removes the entire shoot or limb from the main branch or trunk.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Your limbs, or even your entire upper body, may jerk or thrash in the process.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Leaves mixed with trash, limbs or other debris will not be picked up.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
How to Make Gourd Snakes Most snakes can climb a tree and slither from limb to limb with ease—especially ones made from long-neck dipper gourds.
—Beverly Rivers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
Thinning removes the entire shoot or limb from the main branch or trunk.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Limb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limb. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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limb
2 of 2 verb
: to cut off the limbs of (a felled tree)
Medical Definition
limb
noun1
: one of the projecting paired appendages (as an arm, wing, fin, or parapodium) of an animal body made up of diverse tissues (as epithelium, muscle, and bone) derived from two or more germ layers and concerned especially with movement and grasping but sometimes modified into sensory or sexual organs
especially
: a human leg or arm
2
: a branch or arm of something (as an anatomical part)
the descending limb of Henle's loop
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