limb
limb
/lɪm/
1 an arm or a leg; a similar part of an animal, such as a wing
an artificial limb
For a while, she lost the use of her limbs.
I stretched my limbs lazily as I sat up.
The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.
The missing limb did not lessen the quality of the cat's life.
Two arms reached around her flailing limbs.
Collocations
adjective
verb + limb
limb + noun
2 -limbed (in adjectives) having the type of limbs mentioned
long-limbed
loose-limbed
3 a large branch of a tree
Idioms
Word Origin
Old English lim (also in the sense ‘organ or part of the body’), of Germanic origin.
e.g.
Their bodies will slow and weaken, their limbs will stop moving, and soon enough they will die. 運動能力は次第に低下し手足は動かなくなりやがて死に至る (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』7話)