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leg

/leɪɡ/
/lɛɡ/
/lɛɡ/

noun
verb
A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion. (Example: {{ux|en|Insects have six legs.})
In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle. (Example: Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.)
The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg. (Example: The left leg of these jeans has a tear.)
A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath. (Example: the legs of a chair or table)
Something that supports. (Example: This observation is an important leg of my argument.)
A stage of a journey, race etc. (Example: After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.)
A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
(usually used in plural) The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time. (Example: This proposal has no legs. Almost everyone opposes it.)
A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
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.
In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman. (Example: Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping drive through the leg fielders.)
A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.
To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').

leg


adjective
noun
Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking (Example: Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.)
A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
A legislative building.
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