Defenition of the word leg

• Defenition of the word leg

  • The limb of an animal (including humans) that extends from the groin to the ankle.
  • A stage of a journey.
  • A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
  • a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
  • (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
  • the part of a garment that covers the leg
  • one of the supports for a piece of furniture
  • a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part between the knee and ankle
  • a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
  • the limb of an animal used for food
  • a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
  • a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Carribean cruise"
  • a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
  • cloth covering consisting of the part of a garment that covers the leg
  • a section or portion of a journey or course
  • a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
  • a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
  • a part of a forked or branching shape

Synonyms for the word leg

• • branch
  • buttress
  • crutch
  • fork
  • peg
  • pegleg
  • piling
  • prop
  • stage
  • strut
  • support
  • wooden leg

Similar words in the leg

• • leg
  • leg's
  • legacies
  • legacy
  • legacy's
  • legal
  • legalese
  • legalese's
  • legalism
  • legalism's
  • legalistic
  • legality
  • legality's
  • legalization
  • legalization's
  • legalize
  • legalized
  • legalizes
  • legalizing
  • legally
  • legals
  • legate
  • legate's
  • legated
  • legatee
  • legatee's
  • legatees
  • legates
  • legating
  • legation
  • legation's
  • legations
  • legato
  • legato's
  • legatos
  • legendre
  • legendre's
  • legends
  • leger
  • leger's
  • legerdemain
  • legerdemain's
  • legged
  • leggier
  • leggiest
  • legging
  • legging's
  • leggings
  • leggy
  • leghorn
  • leghorn's
  • legibility
  • legibility's
  • legibly
  • legion
  • legion's
  • legionnaire
  • legionnaire's
  • legionnaires
  • legions
  • legislate
  • legislated
  • legislates
  • legislating
  • legislative
  • legislator
  • legislator's
  • legislators
  • legislature
  • legislature's
  • legislatures
  • legit
  • legitimacy
  • legitimacy's
  • legitimated
  • legitimates
  • legitimating
  • legitimize
  • legitimized
  • legitimizes
  • legitimizing
  • legless
  • lego
  • lego's
  • legree
  • legree's
  • legroom
  • legroom's
  • legrooms
  • legs
  • legume
  • legume's
  • legumes
  • leguminous
  • legwork
  • legwork's

Meronymys for the word leg

• • ankle
  • ankle joint
  • articulatio genus
  • articulatio talocruralis
  • body
  • calf bone
  • camp bed
  • chair
  • cot
  • crus
  • cuff
  • fibula
  • fibular vein
  • foot
  • forking
  • four-poster
  • furcation
  • genu
  • grand
  • grand piano
  • hospital bed
  • human foot
  • journey
  • journeying
  • knee
  • knee joint
  • leg bone
  • mortise joint
  • musculus tibialis
  • nervus ischiadicus
  • nervus saphenus
  • organic structure
  • pedal extremity
  • peroneal vein
  • physical structure
  • saphenous nerve
  • saphenous vein
  • sciatic nerve
  • shank
  • shin
  • shinbone
  • spinning wheel
  • table
  • thigh
  • tibia
  • tibial vein
  • tibialis
  • tibialis muscle
  • tripod
  • turnup
  • vena peroneus
  • vena saphena
  • vena tibialis
  • vertebrate foot

Hyponyms for the word leg

• • animal leg
  • bandy leg
  • bandyleg
  • bifurcation
  • bow leg
  • bowleg
  • brachium
  • crotch
  • fare-stage
  • fork
  • genu valgum
  • genu varum
  • gigot
  • ham hock
  • knock-knee
  • leg of lamb
  • pant leg
  • peg
  • pin
  • prehensor
  • shank's mare
  • shank's pony
  • shanks' mare
  • shanks' pony
  • spindlelegs
  • spindleshanks
  • stick
  • tibia valga
  • tibia vara
  • trouser leg

Hypernyms for the word leg

• • cloth covering
  • cut
  • cut of meat
  • distance
  • length
  • limb
  • prosthesis
  • prosthetic device
  • subfigure
  • support
  • travel
  • traveling
  • travelling

Idioms for the word leg

• • legs eleven

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