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limb en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.

Meanings

  1. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
    • UUhoſe hands are made to gripe a warlike Lance— Their ſhoulders broad, for complet armour fit, Their lims more large and of a bigger ſize Than all the brats yſprong from Typhons loins: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
    • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs. 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), pages 377–378:
  2. A branch of a tree.
  3. 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.
    • That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
limbs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

CHILD syndrome · limb-mammary syndrome · belimb · limb of the law · limb girdle syndrome · spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia-short limb-abnormal calcification syndrome · renal dysplasia-limb defects syndrome · mooselimb · limbline · risk life and limb · unlimb · intralimb · limbmeal · phantom limb · dislimb · forelimb · out on a limb · limb darkening · limbless · limby · risk one's life and limb · limb brightening · limbward · Roux limb · life and limb · go out on a limb · limb from limb · interlimb · hind limb

Holonyms

body

Hyponyms

leg · wing · arm

Synonyms

limb · bough

Translations (154)

km អង្គ (major appendage of human or animal) · mk член (major appendage of human or animal) · grc κῶλον (major appendage of human or animal) · is útlimur (major appendage of human or animal) · tk agza (major appendage of human or animal) · cu оудъ (major appendage of human or animal) · nv atsʼáozʼaʼ (major appendage of human or animal) · cmn 手腳 /手脚 (major appendage of human or animal) · ga géag (major appendage of human or animal) · nl lidmaat (major appendage of human or animal) · lo ອົງ (major appendage of human or animal) · it arto (major appendage of human or animal) · ar عُضْو (major appendage of human or animal) · ru член (major appendage of human or animal) · vi chân (major appendage of human or animal) · sv gren (branch of a tree) · mk екстремите́т (major appendage of human or animal) · az ətraf (major appendage of human or animal) · txb āmpär (major appendage of human or animal) · de Ast (branch of a tree) · ar طَرَف (major appendage of human or animal) · ccc ilapa (major appendage of human or animal) · mn үе (major appendage of human or animal) · tl galamay (major appendage of human or animal) · arz طرف (major appendage of human or animal) · kk аяқ-қол (major appendage of human or animal) · is grein (branch of a tree) · la articulus (major appendage of human or animal) · pa ਅੰਗ (major appendage of human or animal) · br ezel (major appendage of human or animal) · bg вейка (branch of a tree) · gd geug (branch of a tree) · ang liþ (major appendage of human or animal) · grc μέλος (major appendage of human or animal) · got 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (branch of a tree) · fi raaja (major appendage of human or animal) · el μέλος (major appendage of human or animal) · nv atsʼáozʼaʼ (branch of a tree) · hu végtag (major appendage of human or animal) · la membrum (major appendage of human or animal) · sh ud (major appendage of human or animal) · is limur (major appendage of human or animal) · lt galūnė (major appendage of human or animal) · txb karāk (branch of a tree) · nl ledemaat (major appendage of human or animal) · cs úd (major appendage of human or animal) · de Glied (major appendage of human or animal) · ru сук (branch of a tree) · my အင်္ဂါ (major appendage of human or animal) · uk кінці́вка (major appendage of human or animal) · ang lim (major appendage of human or animal) · la artus (major appendage of human or animal) · ro mădular (major appendage of human or animal) · rup mãdular (major appendage of human or animal) · da lem (major appendage of human or animal) · es miembro (major appendage of human or animal) · ca membre (major appendage of human or animal) · af ledemaat (major appendage of human or animal) · pt membro (major appendage of human or animal) · la rāmus (branch of a tree) · he גַּף (major appendage of human or animal) · uz aʼzo (major appendage of human or animal) · got 𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (major appendage of human or animal) · he עָנָף (branch of a tree) · pt braço (part of bow) · fr branche (part of bow) · ru ветвь (branch of a tree) · ru сучо́к (branch of a tree) · it tentacolo (major appendage of human or animal) · ro ciolan (major appendage of human or animal) · mi kauwhanga (branch of a tree) · ko 팔다리 (major appendage of human or animal) · vi cành (branch of a tree) · ko 사지 (major appendage of human or animal) · grc κλάδος (branch of a tree) · vi tay (major appendage of human or animal) · id anggota (major appendage of human or animal) · az üzv (major appendage of human or animal) · io brancho (branch of a tree) · bn অঙ্গ (major appendage of human or animal) · ky кол-аяк (major appendage of human or animal) · fr branche (branch of a tree) · de Gliedmaße (major appendage of human or animal) · yi אבֿר (major appendage of human or animal) · dv އަނގުން (major appendage of human or animal) · cs větev (branch of a tree) · hy անդամ (major appendage of human or animal) · lv loceklis (major appendage of human or animal) · sq gjymtyrë (major appendage of human or animal) · ur انگ (major appendage of human or animal) · ba ағза (major appendage of human or animal) · bg рамо (part of bow) · sh уд (major appendage of human or animal) · vi chi (major appendage of human or animal) · de Extremitäten (major appendage of human or animal) · es rama (branch of a tree) · th องค์ (major appendage of human or animal) · tg андом (major appendage of human or animal) · nv bigaan (branch of a tree) · mk крак (major appendage of human or animal) · vi but see chân tay (major appendage of human or animal) · ja(major appendage of human or animal) · ja 手足 (major appendage of human or animal) · sl okončina (major appendage of human or animal) · ro membru (major appendage of human or animal) · gl galla (branch of a tree) · tr uzuv (major appendage of human or animal) · fr extrémité (major appendage of human or animal) · fr membre (major appendage of human or animal) · ka ასო (major appendage of human or animal) · ka კიდური (major appendage of human or animal) · eo membro (major appendage of human or animal) · bg клон (branch of a tree) · pt galho (branch of a tree) · arz فرع (branch of a tree) · cmn 四肢 (major appendage of human or animal) · ru коне́чность (major appendage of human or animal) · fi jäsen (major appendage of human or animal) · gl nembro (branch of a tree) · fa اندام (major appendage of human or animal) · nl lid (major appendage of human or animal) · tt әгъза (major appendage of human or animal) · et jäse (major appendage of human or animal) · it membra (major appendage of human or animal) · pl odnoga (major appendage of human or animal) · ga géag (branch of a tree) · nb lem (major appendage of human or animal) · cmn(major appendage of human or animal) · hi अंग (major appendage of human or animal) · fi puunhaara (branch of a tree) · arz عضو (major appendage of human or animal) · pl kończyna (major appendage of human or animal) · la termes (branch of a tree) · es extremidad (major appendage of human or animal) · sa अङ्ग (major appendage of human or animal) · gl extremidade (major appendage of human or animal) · ko(major appendage of human or animal) · mn мөч (major appendage of human or animal) · sv lem (major appendage of human or animal) · gl póla (branch of a tree) · vi tay chân (major appendage of human or animal) · sk končatina (major appendage of human or animal) · be канцаві́на (major appendage of human or animal) · gl membro (major appendage of human or animal) · bg кра́йник (major appendage of human or animal) · cs končetina (major appendage of human or animal) · th แขนขา (major appendage of human or animal) · fi haara (branch of a tree) · oj wadikwan (major appendage of human or animal) · ko(major appendage of human or animal) · gd geug (major appendage of human or animal) · uz qoʻl-oyoqlar (major appendage of human or animal) · ru ве́тка (branch of a tree) · tk çlen (major appendage of human or animal)

limb en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.

Meanings

  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.
    • Man was not made so large limbed and robust but that he must seek to narrow his world and wall in a space such as fitted him. 1859, Henry D. Thoreau, Walden:
    • Innumerous living creatures , perfect forms , Limb'd and full grown: out of the ground uprose 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  3. (transitive) To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs
    • Brian limbed Roger over at the Beahive last night.

Forms

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limbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
limbed Tense=Past lexicographic
limbs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
limbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

delimb

Translations (18)

ru расчленя́ть (to remove limbs) · fi rankoa (to remove limbs) · bg разчленявам (to remove limbs) · fr démembrer (to remove limbs) · izh karsia (to remove limbs) · pl usunąć gałęzie (to remove limbs) · ru расчлени́ть (to remove limbs) · de zergliedern (to remove limbs) · mk обесчле́нува (to remove limbs) · pl ścinać gałęzie (to remove limbs) · pt desmembrar (to remove limbs) · fi karsia (to remove limbs) · cmn 支解 (to remove limbs) · ja 切り放す (to remove limbs) · pl rozczłonkowywać (to remove limbs) · pt desgalhar (to remove limbs) · sv kvista (to remove limbs) · bg разчленя (to remove limbs)

limb en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin limbus (“border”).

Meanings

  1. The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
    • Chandrasekhar (1946a, b) predicted that the limb of a star will be polarized, because photons scattered at the limb and toward the observer experience a scattering angle of Θ ≈ 90°. 2015, Ludmilla Kolokolova, James Hough, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems, page 449:
    • At 4h 57m 9s by my chronometer, (see Schedule B,) I observed with my telescope a small black speck on the preceding limb of the sun's disk, at the precise point to which I had been for some minutes directing my attention. 1870, United States Naval Observatory, Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August, 7, 1869, page 174:
    • the solar limb
  2. (qualifier:on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
  3. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
    • The corolla limb of the moonvine Calonyction aculeatum is normally undivided. 1945, “A new form of the moonvine Calonyction aculeatum with divided corolla limb, and length-of-day behavior and flowering of the common form”, in Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, volume 35, number 2:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
limbs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

limb-brightening · limb-darkening · limb-darkened · limb-brightened

Holonyms

body

Hyponyms

leg · wing · arm

Synonyms

limb

Translations (5)

pl brzeg tarczy (apparent visual edge) · fr limbe (graduated edge) · pt limbo (apparent visual edge) · fr limbe (apparent visual edge) · ga ciumhais (apparent visual edge)