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a
: one of the projecting paired appendages (such as wings) of an animal body used especially for movement and grasping but sometimes modified into sensory or sexual organs
b
: a leg or arm of a human being
combat soldiers who had lost limbs
2
: a large primary branch of a tree
3
: an active member or agent
a limb of the law
5
: a mischievous child
limbed; limbing; limbs
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: the outer edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body
2
: the expanded portion of an organ or structure
especially
: the upper spreading portion of a corolla (as of the phlox) whose lower part consists of a tube of fused petals
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Examples of limb in a Sentence
Noun (1)
we hung the swing from the highest limb of the tree that we could reach
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
Her prosthetic limbs don’t keep her from wheeling a friend, Juliet Nankamba, around in Juliet’s wheelchair.
—Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2024
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Noun
Multiple limbs down and power out near Loose Park in Kansas City.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
Her prosthetic limbs don’t keep her from wheeling a friend, Juliet Nankamba, around in Juliet’s wheelchair.
—Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2024
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“Limb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limb. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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limb
2 of 2 verb
: to cut off the limbs of (a felled tree)
Medical Definition
limb
noun1
: one of the projecting paired appendages (as an arm, wing, fin, or parapodium) of an animal body made up of diverse tissues (as epithelium, muscle, and bone) derived from two or more germ layers and concerned especially with movement and grasping but sometimes modified into sensory or sexual organs
especially
: a human leg or arm
2
: a branch or arm of something (as an anatomical part)
the descending limb of Henle's loop
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