limb
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
- 2.
A branch of a tree.
Đồng nghĩa: bough
- 3.
(archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
- 4.
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
- 5.
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
- 6.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).
- 7.
(astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
the solar limb
- 8.
(on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
- 9.
(botany) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
- 2.
(transitive)To supply with limbs.
- 3.
(transitive)To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs
Brian limbed Roger over at the Beahive last night.
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From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (limb, branch), from *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (branch, limb). Cognate with limr limb.