English dictionary
leg
nounPronunciation
lɛɡ
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a section or portion of a journey or course
noun
- (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
noun
- a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
noun
- one of the supports for a piece of furniture
noun
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing 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
noun
- a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
noun
- the limb of an animal used for food
noun
- a part of a forked or branching shape
Example sentences
then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise
he broke off one of the branches