How To Pronounce Limb

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Limb (lĭm)

n.

1. One of the projecting appendages of the body, such as an arm or leg, that is used for locomotion or grasping.
2. Zoology A major appendage of an animal, such as a wing, flipper, or leg, that is used for locomotion or grasping.
3. Botany A major division of a plant axis, such as a branch or twig.
4. Anatomy A part of an organ, such as a bone or nerve, that is attached to the main body of the organ.
5. Anatomy One of the main branches of a blood vessel or nerve.
6. Nautical A radial spar of a wheel.

verb (used with object), limb·ed, limb·ing.

7. To provide with a limb or limbs.
8. To amputate a limb from.

verb (used without object), limb·ed, limb·ing.

9. To shoot an animal through the body so that a limb is broken or dislocated.

Origin of limb
Middle English, from Old English lim; see leip- in Indo-European roots.