Limb
31limb — [OE] The Old English word for ‘limb’ was lim. Like thumb, it later (in the 16th century) acquired an intrusive b, which has long since ceased to be pronounced. It has cognates in Swedish and Danish lem, and Dutch lid ‘limb’ is probably related… …
32limb — n 1. part, member, appendage, extension, extremity; wing, arm, leg, Inf. gam, Inf. pin, Brit. Dial. lith; artifical leg or arm, prosthesis; branch, projection, spur. 2. offshoot, shoot, scion, descendant, heir, offspring, child, Inf. chip off the …
33limb — [OE] The Old English word for ‘limb’ was lim. Like thumb, it later (in the 16th century) acquired an intrusive b, which has long since ceased to be pronounced. It has cognates in Swedish and Danish lem, and Dutch lid ‘limb’ is probably related… …
34limb — See: OUT ON A LIMB …
35limb — See: OUT ON A LIMB …
36limb — 1. n. [A.S. lim, limb] The leg or wing of an animal. 2. n. [L. limbus, an edge] The border, rim or edge …
37limb — 1. noun /lɪm/ a) A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing) solar limb b) A branch of a tree. 2 …
38limb — See: out on a limb …
39limb — noun 1) his sore limbs Syn: arm, leg, appendage; archaic member 2) the limbs of the tree Syn: branch, bough, offshoot, shoot • go out on a limb …
40limb — [lɪm] noun [C] an arm, or a leg • out on a limb in a situation where you have no support from other people[/ex] …