ALL meanings of leg
leg
L l - noun leg person's lower limb 1
- idioms leg leg it, Informal. to walk rapidly or run: We'd better leg it or we'll be late for class. 1
- idioms leg leg up, a means of help or encouragement; assist; boost: Studying the material with a tutor will give you a leg up on passing the exam. advantage; edge. 1
- idioms leg not have a leg to stand on, to lack a valid or logical basis for one's argument or attitude: Without evidence, the prosecutor doesn't have a leg to stand on. 1
- idioms leg on one's / its last legs, just short of exhaustion, breakdown, failure, etc.: The aristocracy was on its last legs. 1
- idioms leg pull someone's leg, to make fun of someone; tease. to deceive someone; trick someone. 1
- idioms leg shake a leg, Informal. to hurry up. Older Use. to dance. 1
- idioms leg stretch one's legs, to take a walk; get some needed exercise after prolonged sitting: He got up during the intermission to stretch his legs. 1
- noun leg Travel by foot; walk. 1
- noun leg Anatomy. the lower limb of a human being from the knee to the ankle. 1
- noun leg animal's limb 1
- noun leg poultry: portion of leg meat 1
- noun leg table support 1
- noun leg clothing: leg part 1
- noun leg portion of a course of travel 1
- noun leg sports: section of a race 1
- noun leg side of a triangle 1
- noun leg either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body. 1
- noun leg bride2 (def 1). 1
- verb with object leg to move or propel (a boat) with the legs: They legged the boat through the tunnel. 1
- noun leg something resembling or suggesting a leg in use, position, or appearance. 1
- noun leg the part of a garment that covers the leg: the leg of a stocking; trouser leg. 1
- noun leg one of usually several, relatively tall, slender supports for a piece of furniture. 1
- noun leg one of the sides of a forked object, as of a compass or pair of dividers. 1
- noun leg one of the sides of a triangle other than the base or hypotenuse. 1
- noun leg a timber, bar, or the like, serving to prop or shore up a structure. 1
- noun leg one of the flanges of an angle iron. 1
- noun leg Nautical. one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a sailing ship. one straight or nearly straight part of a multiple-sided course in a sailing race. 1
- noun leg Sports. one of a designated number of contests that must be successfully completed in order to determine the winner. one of the stretches or sections of a relay race. 1
- noun leg legs, (in wine tasting) the rivulets of wine that slowly descend along the inside of a glass after the wine has been swirled, sometimes regarded as an indication that the wine is full-bodied. 1
- noun leg Cricket. the part of the field to the left of and behind the batsman as he faces the bowler or to the right of and behind him if he is left-handed. the fielder playing this part of the field. the position of this fielder. 1
- noun leg Electricity. a component or branch of a circuit, network, antenna, etc. 1
- noun leg Radio and Television. a connecting link between stations in a network, as the microwave relays used in transmitting a show from one geographical area to another. 1
- noun leg one of the distinct sections of any course: the last leg of a trip. 1
- noun leg (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other. 0
- noun leg A stage of a journey, race etc. 0
- noun leg A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg. 0
- noun leg (anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle. 0
- noun leg The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle. 0
- abbreviation LEG legislature 0
- abbreviation LEG legislative 0
- abbreviation LEG legal 0
- intransitive verb leg to walk or run 0
- noun leg either of the sides of a triangle other than its base or, in a right-angled triangle, its hypotenuse 0
- noun leg that part of the field which lies to the left and back of the batsman 0
- noun leg a sustained ability to attract audiences 0
- noun leg any of the stages of a journey or other course 0
- noun leg the run made by a sailing vessel on one tack 0
- noun leg any of the branches of a forked or jointed object 0
- noun leg (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race. 0