limb

Plural: limbs

Noun

• one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
• any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
• (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
• either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
  • "the upper limb of the bow"
• the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
  • "the limb of the sextant"
• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
• A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
• A branch of a tree.
• The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
• An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
• A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
• Ellipsis of limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).
• The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
• The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
• The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

Verb

Verb Forms: limbed, limbing, limbs

• To cut off the main branches or limbs of something.
• To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
• To supply with limbs.

Examples

• the solar limb
• They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
• To LIMB the tree of possibilities, one must commit to a single powerful Scrabble word.

Synonyms

arm, branch, tree branch, bough, delimb, limb

Anagrams of limb