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limb
n. large or main branch of a tree; projecting jointed appendage of the body (arm, leg, wing, etc.); part which projects outward; mischievous child (Slang)
 
v. cut branches from a felled tree; dismember


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Limb
Limb can have many meanings.Limb Music - a record label.LIMB - acronym Look In (your) Mail Boxfrom the Old English lim:Limb (anatomy), a limb is a jointed, or prehensile (as octopus tentacles or new world monkey tails), appendage of the human or animal body;In Botany, a large or main branch of a tree.In Social structure, a representative, branch or member of a group or organization.
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Limb
Limb 1. member or extremity; one of the paired appendages of the body used in locomotion or grasping; in humans, an arm or leg with all its parts. 2. [more]Limb - Community and Resources

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limb
Noun
1. one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
(hypernym) extremity, appendage, member
(hyponym) hind limb
(part-holonym) appendicular skeleton
(part-meronym) stump
2. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
(synonym) tree branch
(hypernym) branch
(hyponym) stick
(part-holonym) tree
3. (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
(hypernym) edge, border
(classification) astronomy, uranology
4. either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"
(hypernym) part, portion
(part-holonym) bow
5. the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
(hypernym) arc
(part-holonym) octant
6. any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
(synonym) arm, branch
(hypernym) projection


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Limb
(v. t.)
To supply with limbs.
  
 
(v. t.)
To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
  
 
(n.)
The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
  
 
(n.)
The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
  
 
(n.)
The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
  
 
(n.)
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
  
 
(n.)
An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
  
 
(n.)
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
  
 
(n.)
A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
  
 
(n.)
A border or edge, in certain special uses.
  

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