leg

  • (noun): A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion.
  • (noun): In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
  • (noun): The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
  • (noun): A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
  • (noun): A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
  • (noun): Something that supports.
  • (noun): A stage of a journey, race etc.
  • (noun): A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
  • (noun): One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
  • (noun): A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
  • (noun): One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
  • (noun): One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
  • (noun): (usually used in plural) The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
  • (noun): A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
  • (noun): 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.
  • (noun): In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
  • (noun): Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
  • (noun): A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
  • (noun): A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
  • (noun): An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
  • (noun): An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
  • (noun): A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.
  • (verb): To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
  • (verb): To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
  • (verb): To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
  • (verb): To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
  • {{ux|en|Insects have six legs.}
  • Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
  • The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
  • the legs of a chair or table
  • This observation is an important leg of my argument.