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ALL meanings of leg

leg
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  • noun leg (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest. 0
  • noun leg One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse. 0
  • noun leg (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely. 0
  • noun leg A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath. 0
  • noun leg (usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist. 0
  • noun leg (Britain, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. 0
  • noun leg An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg. 0
  • noun leg In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. 0
  • noun leg (cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. 0
  • noun leg (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line. 0
  • noun leg (electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system. 0
  • verb leg To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market. 0
  • verb leg To remove the legs from an animal carcass. 0
  • verb leg To build legs onto a platform or stage for support. 0
  • noun leg either one of two races on which a cumulative bet has been placed 0
  • countable noun leg A person or animal's legs are the long parts of their body that they use to stand on. 0
  • countable noun leg The legs of a pair of trousers are the parts that cover your legs. 0
  • countable noun leg A leg of lamb, pork, chicken, or other meat is a piece of meat that consists of the animal's or bird's leg, especially the thigh. 0
  • countable noun leg The legs of a table, chair, or other piece of furniture are the parts that rest on the floor and support the furniture's weight. 0
  • countable noun leg A leg of a long journey is one part of it, usually between two points where you stop. 0
  • countable noun leg A leg of a sports competition is one of a series of games that are played to find an overall winner. 0
  • noun leg either of the two lower limbs, including the bones and fleshy covering of the femur, tibia, fibula, and patella 0
  • noun leg (as modifier) 0
  • noun leg any similar or analogous structure in animals that is used for locomotion or support 0
  • noun leg this part of an animal, esp the thigh, used for food 0
  • noun leg something similar to a leg in appearance or function, such as one of the four supporting members of a chair 0
  • noun leg a branch, limb, or part of a forked or jointed object 0
  • noun leg the part of a garment that covers the leg 0
  • noun leg a section or part of a journey or course 0
  • noun leg a single stage, lap, length, etc, in a relay race 0
  • noun leg any of the supports of a piece of furniture 0
  • noun leg either the opposite or adjacent side of a right-angled triangle 0
  • noun leg the distance travelled without tacking 0
  • noun leg (in yacht racing) the course between any two marks 0
  • noun leg one of a series of games, matches, or parts of games 0
  • noun leg the side of the field to the left of a right-handed batsman as he faces the bowler 0
  • verb leg to propel (a canal boat) through a tunnel by lying on one's back and walking one's feet along the tunnel roof 0
  • abbreviation LEG legato 0
  • noun leg one of the parts of the body by means of which animals stand and walk, specif., in human beings, 0
  • noun leg one of the lower limbs 0
  • noun leg the part of either lower limb from the knee to the foot 0
  • noun leg a cut of meat consisting of the leg or its lower part 0
  • noun leg the part of a stocking, slacks, etc. that covers the leg 0
  • noun leg anything that resembles a leg in shape or use 0
  • noun leg a bar or pole used as a support or prop 0
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