Search Result:limb


KK Pronunciation

〔 lIm 〕

Pronunciation

〔 lim 〕


Overview of noun limb

The noun limb has 6 senses


  • limb -- (one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper)

  • limb, tree branch -- (any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree)

  • limb -- ((astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet)

  • limb -- (either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow")

  • limb -- (the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant")

  • arm, branch, limb -- (any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer")