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LEG
stage, leg
(noun) a section or portion of a journey or course; “then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise”
leg
(noun) (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
leg
(noun) a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person’s leg
leg
(noun) one of the supports for a piece of furniture
peg, wooden leg, leg, pegleg
(noun) a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
leg
(noun) a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
leg
(noun) a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
leg
(noun) the limb of an animal used for food
branch, leg, ramification
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape; “he broke off one of the branches”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
leg (plural legs)
A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion.
In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
(anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
(figurative) Something that supports.
A stage of a journey, race etc.
(nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
(nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
(sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
(geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
(geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
(usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist
(UK, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
(cricket, attributive) Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
Synonym: on; Antonym: off
(cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
(telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
(electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
(finance) An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
(US, slang, military) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
(now, archaic) A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.
Synonyms
• (side of a right triangle): cathetus
Verb
leg (third-person singular simple present legs, present participle legging, simple past and past participle legged)
To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
Etymology 2
Noun
leg (plural not attested)
Abbreviation of legislature.
Adjective
leg (not comparable)
Abbreviation of legislative.
Anagrams
• ELG, ElG, gel
Source: Wiktionary
Leg, n. Etym: [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. læg calf of the leg, Sw. lägg.]
1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.
2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of pair of compasses or dividers.
3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.] He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received. Fuller.
5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang, Eng.]
6. (Naut.)
Definition: The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
7. (Steam Boiler)
Definition: An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg.
8. (Grain Elevator)
Definition: The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
9. (Cricket)
Definition: A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. A good leg (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course.
– Leg bail, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] -- Legs of an hyperbola (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.
– Legs of a triangle, the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs of a right-angled triangle. On one's legs, standing to speak.
– One's last legs. See under Last.
– To have legs (Naut.), to have speed.
– To stand on one's own legs, to support one's self; to be independent.
Leg, v. t.
Definition: To use as a leg, with it as object: (a) To bow. [Obs.] (b) To run [Low]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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