limb
$ \mathrm{limb}^1 | lim |
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noun
an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing.
〖通例～s〗 (人間･動物の)肢, 手足(の1本) (!arm, legをさす) ; (鳥の)翼(wing); (魚の)ひれ
a large branch of a tree.
大枝(branch)(→ tree)
a projecting landform such as a spur of a mountain range, or each of two or more such projections as in a forked peninsula or archipelago.
突出した部分
a projecting section of a building.
a branch of a cross.
十字架の腕木
each half of an archery bow.
PHRASES
life and limb
life and all bodily faculties: a reckless disregard for life and limb.
out on a limb
in or into a dangerous or uncompromising position, where one is not joined or supported by anyone else; vulnerable: she's prepared to go out on a limb and do something different.
tear someone limb from limb
violently dismember someone.
DERIVATIVES
limbed adjective
in combination : long-limbed
limbless | ˈlimləs | adjective
ORIGIN
Old English lim (also in the sense ‘organ or part of the body’), of Germanic origin.
$ \mathrm{limb}^2 | lim |
noun
1. Astronomy the edge of the disk of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon.
〘天〙 (太陽･月などの)縁
2. Botany the blade or broad part of a leaf or petal.
花びらの広がった部分; 葉身
the spreading upper part of a tube-shaped flower.
3. the graduated arc of a quadrant or other scientific instrument, used for measuring angles.
(四分儀などの)目盛りの付いた縁の部分.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from French limbe or Latin limbus ‘hem, border’.