leg
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English leg, legge, from Old Norse leggr (“leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg, hollow tube, stalk”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz, *lagwijaz (“leg, thigh”) (see it for more).
Cognate with Scots leg (“leg”), Icelandic leggur (“leg, limb”), Norwegian Bokmål legg (“leg”), Norwegian Nynorsk legg (“leg”), Swedish lägg (“leg, shank, shaft”), Danish læg (“leg”), Lombardic lagi (“thigh, shank, leg”), Latin lacertus (“limb, arm”), Persian لنگ (leng). Upon borrowing, mostly displaced the native Old English term sċanca (Modern English shank).
Inflected forms:
form: legs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: legge
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: legs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: legging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: legged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: legged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
pos: noun
examples: Insects have six legs.
gloss: In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
pos: noun
examples: Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
gloss: The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
pos: noun
gloss: A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
pos: noun
examples: The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
gloss: A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
pos: noun
examples: the legs of a chair or table
gloss: Something that supports.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: This observation is an important leg of my argument.
gloss: A stage of a journey, race etc.
pos: noun
examples: After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
gloss: A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
pos: noun
gloss: One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
pos: noun
gloss: A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
pos: noun
examples: A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.
gloss: One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
pos: noun
gloss: One of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle.
pos: noun
gloss: One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
pos: noun
gloss: The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: This proposal has no legs. Almost everyone opposes it.
I’m trying to go with my head and focus on the first guy, because this could be a relationship with legs.
gloss: A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
pos: noun
tags: UK
archaic
slang
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
pos: noun
gloss: Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
examples: ;
Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping drive through the leg fielders.
gloss: A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
pos: noun
gloss: A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
pos: noun
gloss: An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
pos: noun
gloss: An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: Which was lower than whale shit in the eyes of any paratrooper; it would have been a disgrace to be a leg.
gloss: A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: Hickman came in, making his legs, and stroking his cravat and ruffles.
gloss: A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.
pos: noun
examples: A leg is one column of a story. It has two legs if it is set in two columns and three legs if it is set in three columns. Avoid legs longer than 10 inches and shorter than 1 inch.
gloss: Synonym of leg up (“forming a step for a person's feet with one's hands”).
pos: noun
examples: The street was deserted. We acted quickly. Josiah gave me a leg. I threw my jacket over the broken glass […]
gloss: An individual bet in a parlay (a series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward).
pos: noun
examples: If one leg from your 2-way parlay pushes and the other wins, your parlay bet wins and is paid off as if it's a straight bet (paying -110 or whatever the odds were).
gloss: Synonym of blackleg (“a gambling cheat”).
pos: noun
tags: archaic
slang
gloss: To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
pos: verb
gloss: To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
pos: verb
gloss: To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
pos: verb
gloss: To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
pos: verb
Synonyms: drumstick
gam
leg
Related words: ankle
arm
buttocks
calf
crus
elbow
foot
hip
joint
knee
lap
limb
shank
shin
thick
thigh
vertebra
Derived words: airleg
a leg to stand on
an arm and a leg
base leg
bootleg
bowleg
boyleg
break a leg
Cabriole leg
change the leg
chicken leg
Cochin leg
crooked as a dog's hind leg
dead leg
deadleg
dead-leg
deep square leg
dogleg
dog-leg
don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining
don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining
elephant leg
factory leg
fast leg theory
fine leg
first leg
foreleg
free leg
gamer leg
gateleg
get a leg up
get one's leg over
good leg
hang a leg
have a bone in one's leg
have legs
highleg
hind leg
hogleg
hog leg
hog's leg
hollow leg
inside leg
interleg
jake leg
leg art
leg bail
Legbar
legbeard
leg before
leg before wicket
leg biter
legbone
leg break
leg breaker
leg-breaker
leg bridge
leg business
leg bye
leg cuff
legcuff
leg curl
leg cutter
leg day
leg drop
leg extension
legful
leggie
leggish
leg glance
leggy
legharness
leghold
leghole
leg iron
leg irons
legless
leglet
leglike
leglock
leg lock
legman
leg man
leg-of-mutton fist
leg-of-mutton sleeve
leg-o'-mutton sleeve
leg-over
legplate
leg press
leg-pull
legpuller
leg-puller
leg-pulling
leg raise
legroom
leg rope
legs all the way to one's neck
legs eleven
leg show
legshow
leg side
legside
legsie
leg slip
legspan
leg spin
leg-spinner
leg spinner
leg stump
leg sweep
leg theory
leg-up
leg up
leg up on
leg-warmer
leg warmer
legwear
leg-work
legwork
leg work
make a leg
mare's leg
marine leg
mesoleg
metaleg
middle leg
midleg
milk leg
multileg
not have a leg to stand on
on leg
peg-leg
peg leg
piss on someone's leg and tell them it's raining
proleg
propleg
puffleg
puff-leg
pull someone's leg
pull the other leg
put one's pants on one leg at a time
put one's trousers on one leg at a time
put on one's pants one leg at a time
put on one's trousers one leg at a time
red-leg
redleg
restless leg syndrome
roughleg
saber leg
sabre leg
scimitar leg
second leg
shake-a-leg
shake a leg
short leg
show a bit of leg
show a leg
spacelegs
spindlelegs
splayleg
square leg
square leg umpire
stanky leg
stretch one's legs
talk someone's leg off
talk the hind leg off a donkey
talk the leg off the Lamb of God
tangle-leg
tanglelegs
third leg
trouser leg
underleg
white leg
wooden leg
leg it
leg around
leg out
leg over
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: ашьапы
roman: ašapʼə
lang: Acehnese
word: gaki
lang: Afrikaans
word: been
lang: Ahom
word: 𑜁𑜡
roman: khā
lang: Akan
word: nan
lang: Albanian
word: këmbë
lang: Gheg Albanian
word: kam
lang: Aleut
word: kudux̂
lang: Southern Altai
word: бут
roman: but
lang: Southern Altai
word: айак
roman: ayak
lang: Amharic
word: እግር
roman: ʾəgr
lang: Arabic
word: رِجْل
roman: rijl
lang: Arabic
word: سَاق
roman: sāq
lang: Arabic
word: رجل
roman: regl
lang: Arabic
word: ريل
roman: rīl
lang: Arabic
word: ساق
roman: sāg
lang: Arabic
word: رِجِل
roman: rijil
lang: Arabic
word: إجر
roman: ʔižr
lang: Armenian
word: ոտք
roman: otkʻ
lang: Aromanian
word: cicior
lang: Assamese
word: ভৰি
roman: bhori
lang: Assamese
word: ঠেং
roman: theṅ
lang: Assamese
word: পাৱ
roman: paw
lang: Assamese
word: কদম
roman: kodom
lang: Asturian
word: pierna
lang: Aymara
word: chara
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ayaq
lang: Balinese
word: cokor
lang: Bangi
word: lokolo
lang: Baruga
word: eka
lang: Bashkir
word: аяҡ
roman: ayaq
lang: Basque
word: hanka
lang: Basque
word: zango
lang: Belarusian
word: нага́
roman: nahá
lang: Bengali
word: পা
roman: pa
lang: Bengali
word: ঠেং
roman: ṭheṅ
lang: Bhojpuri
word: पांव
roman: pānv
lang: Central Bikol
word: tabay
lang: Boloki
word: lokolo
lang: Bouyei
word: gal
lang: Breton
word: gar
lang: Bulgarian
word: крак
roman: krak
lang: Bulgarian
word: нога́
roman: nogá
lang: Burmese
word: ခြေထောက်
roman: hkrehtauk
lang: Buryat
word: хүл
roman: xül
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: но́га
roman: nóha
lang: Catalan
word: cama
lang: Cebuano
word: bitiis
lang: Chamicuro
word: koselo
lang: Chavacano
word: pierna
lang: Chechen
word: ког
roman: kog
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎦᏅᏍᎨᏂ
roman: ganvsgeni
lang: Chichewa
word: mwendo
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 腿
roman: teoi²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 髀
roman: bei²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 腳 /脚
roman: goek³
lang: Chinese
word: туй
roman: tuy
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 腿
roman: tōi
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 跤
roman: giĕu
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 跤腿
roman: kă-tōi
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 腿
roman: thúi
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 腳 /脚
roman: kiok
lang: Chinese
word: 腿
roman: thúi
lang: Chinese
word: 跤腿
roman: kha-thúi
lang: Chinese
word: 跤
roman: kha
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 腿
roman: tuǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 腳 /脚
roman: jiǎo
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 腿
lang: Chinook Jargon
word: tʰiyaʔwit
lang: Chukchi
word: гыткаԓгын
roman: gytkaḷgyn
lang: Chukchi
word: гыткат
roman: gytkat
lang: Chuvash
word: ура
roman: ura
lang: East Circassian
word: лъакъуэ
roman: lˢaqʷɛ
lang: West Circassian
word: лъакъо
roman: lˢaqʷo
lang: Coptic
word: ⲣⲁⲧ
roman: rat
lang: Coptic
word: ϭⲁⲗⲟϫ
roman: čaloj
lang: Coptic
word: ϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ
roman: čalauj
lang: Cornish
word: garr
lang: Corsican
word: anca
lang: Corsican
word: ghjamba
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: bacaq
lang: Czech
word: noha
lang: Danish
word: ben
lang: Dutch
word: been
lang: Dutch
word: poot
lang: Egyptian
word: s-b-q-rd
roman: sbq
lang: Erzya
word: пильге
roman: piľge
lang: Esperanto
word: kruro
lang: Esperanto
word: gambo
lang: Estonian
word: jalg
lang: Fala
word: pelna
lang: Fala
word: perna
lang: Farefare
word: kãrga
lang: Finnish
word: jalka
lang: Franco-Provençal
word: chamba
lang: French
word: jambe
lang: Middle French
word: jambe
lang: Old French
word: jambe
lang: West-Frisian
word: skonk
lang: Friulian
word: gjambe
lang: Galician
word: perna
lang: Galician
word: gamba
lang: Galician
word: pata
lang: Georgian
word: ფეხი
roman: pexi
lang: German
word: Bein
lang: Greek
word: πόδι
roman: pódi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σκέλος
roman: skélos
lang: Greenlandic
word: niu
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: tetyma
lang: Guinea-Bissau Creole
word: perna
lang: Gujarati
word: પગ
roman: pag
lang: Haitian Creole
word: janm
lang: Hawaiian
word: wāwae
lang: Hebrew
word: רֶגֶל
roman: régel
lang: Hindi
word: पांव
roman: pāmv
lang: Hindi
word: पैर
roman: pair
lang: Hindi
word: पाया
roman: pāyā
lang: Hindi
word: टांग
roman: ṭāṅg
lang: Hindi
word: टाँग
roman: ṭāṅg
lang: Hindi
word: पाँव
roman: pā̃v
lang: Hindi
word: कदम
roman: kadam
lang: Hindi
word: पग
roman: pag
lang: Hindi
word: पगु
roman: pagu
lang: Hindi
word: क़दम
roman: qadam
lang: Hindi
word: पाद
roman: pād
lang: Hindi
word: पद
roman: pad
lang: Hindi
word: लात
roman: lāt
lang: Hindi
word: पा
roman: pā
lang: Hindi
word: पाँ
roman: pā̃
lang: Hindi
word: पय
roman: pay
lang: Hindi
word: पाय
roman: pāy
lang: Hungarian
word: láb
lang: Icelandic
word: fótur
lang: Icelandic
word: fótleggur
lang: Icelandic
word: leggur
lang: Ido
word: gambo
lang: Indonesian
word: tungkai
lang: Indonesian
word: kaki
lang: Ingrian
word: jalka
lang: Ingrian
word: nakku
lang: Interlingua
word: gamba
lang: Irish
word: cos
lang: Istriot
word: ganba
lang: Istro-Romanian
word: pićor
lang: Italian
word: gamba
lang: Italian
word: zampa
lang: Italian
word: coscia
lang: Japanese
word: 脚
roman: ashi
lang: Japanese
word: 足
roman: ashi
lang: Jarai
word: tơkai
lang: Jarawa
word: ən-ipo
lang: Javanese
word: sikil
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: perna
lang: Kaitag
word: тӏя
roman: ṭə
lang: Kaitag
word: тӏягь
roman: ṭəh
lang: Kambaata
word: lokkata
lang: Kannada
word: ಕಾಲು
roman: kālu
lang: Karakhanid
word: اَذَقْ
roman: aδaq
lang: Karelian
word: jalgu
lang: Kashubian
word: noga
lang: Kaurna
word: kanthi
lang: Kaurna
word: yarku
lang: Kazakh
word: аяқ
roman: aäq
lang: Khmer
word: ជើង
roman: cəəng
lang: Kikuyu
word: kũgũrũ
lang: Kikuyu
word: magũrũ
lang: Kituba
word: dikulu
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: кок
roman: kok
lang: Kongo
word: kûlu
lang: Kongo
word: kulu
lang: Korean
word: 다리
roman: dari
lang: Korean
word: 각
roman: gak
lang: Central Kurdish
word: لاق
roman: laq
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ling
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: qor
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бут
roman: but
lang: Kyrgyz
word: аяк
roman: ayak
lang: Ladino
word: pierna
lang: Lao
word: ຂາ
roman: khā
lang: Latgalian
word: kuoja
lang: Latin
word: crūs
lang: Latvian
word: kāja
lang: Lezgi
word: кӏвач
roman: ḳvač
lang: Limburgish
word: bein
lang: Lingala
word: lokolo
lang: Lithuanian
word: kója
lang: Low German
word: Been
lang: Low German
word: Bein
lang: Lü
word: ᦃᦱ
roman: ẋaa
lang: Luhya
word: sikele
lang: Maasai
word: enkeju
lang: Macedonian
word: нога
roman: noga
lang: Maguindanao
word: bubun
lang: Malay
word: kaki
lang: Brunei Malay
word: batis
lang: Malayalam
word: കാല്
roman: kāl
lang: Maltese
word: riġel
lang: Manchu
word: ᠪᡝᡨᡥᡝ
roman: bethe
lang: Mansaka
word: siki
lang: Maranao
word: seki
lang: Marathi
word: पाय
roman: pāy
lang: Eastern Mari
word: йол
roman: jol
lang: Maricopa
word: iime
lang: Mazanderani
word: لنگ
roman: ling
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: picior
lang: Minangkabau
word: bubun
lang: Central Sierra Miwok
word: ho·čonu-
lang: Moksha
word: пильге
roman: piľge
lang: Mongolian
word: хөл
roman: xöl
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠥᠯ
roman: köl
lang: Moore
word: karga
lang: Mpade
word: salio
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: hōk
lang: Nama
word: ǀnub
lang: Navajo
word: ajáád
lang: Nepali
word: टाँग
roman: ṭā̃g
lang: Nepali
word: खुट्टा
roman: khuṭṭā
lang: Nias
word: ahe
lang: Norman
word: gambe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ben
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bein
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bein
lang: Occitan
word: camba
lang: Northern Ohlone
word: tú̄mis
lang: Ojibwe
word: nikaad
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: нога
roman: noga
lang: Old East Slavic
word: нога
roman: noga
lang: Old English
word: sċanca
lang: Old Galician-Portuguese
word: perna
lang: Old Tupi
word: etymã class IIa
lang: Old Tupi
word: kupy
lang: Old Turkic
word: 𐰑𐰴
roman: adaq
lang: O'odham
word: kahio
lang: Oromo
word: luka
lang: Ossetian
word: къах
roman: k’ax
lang: Ossetian
word: фад
roman: fad
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: нога
roman: noha
lang: Pashto
word: پښه
roman: pẍa
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Bee
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پا
roman: pâ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لِنْگ
roman: leng
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پوژِه
roman: puže
lang: Picard
word: gambe
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Been (nds)
lang: Polabian
word: nügă
lang: Polish
word: noga
lang: Portuguese
word: perna
lang: Punjabi
word: ਲੱਤ
roman: latta
lang: Quechua
word: chanka
lang: Rapa Nui
word: horeko va’e
lang: Rohingya
word: théng
lang: Romagnol
word: gâmba
lang: Romani
word: chang
lang: Romanian
word: gambă
lang: Romanian
word: picior
lang: Romansh
word: chomma
lang: Romansh
word: tgomba
lang: Romansh
word: chamma
lang: Romansh
word: tgomma
lang: Romansh
word: comba
lang: Russian
word: нога́
roman: nogá
lang: Rwanda-Rundi
word: ukuguru class 15/6
lang: Rwanda-Rundi
word: amaguru
lang: Inari-Sami
word: jyelgi
lang: Northern Sami
word: juolgi
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: jue´lǧǧ
lang: Southern Sami
word: juelkie
lang: Sanskrit
word: पाद
roman: pāda
lang: Sanskrit
word: टङ्क
roman: ṭaṅka
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cas
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: но̀га
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nòga
lang: Shan
word: ၶႃ
roman: khǎa
lang: Shor
word: азақ
lang: Sicilian
word: jamma
lang: Sicilian
word: gamma
lang: Sidamo
word: lekka
lang: Sikkimese
word: རྐང་པོ
roman: rkang po
lang: Sinhalese
word: කකුල
roman: kakula
lang: Slovak
word: noha
lang: Slovene
word: noga
lang: Somali
word: lug
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: noga
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: noha
lang: Spanish
word: pierna
lang: Spanish
word: pata
lang: Spanish
word: calanca
lang: Old Spanish
word: pierna
lang: Svan
word: ჭიშხ
roman: č̣išx
lang: Swahili
word: mguu
lang: Swedish
word: ben
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠙꠣꠅ
roman: fao
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠑꠦꠋ
roman: ṭéṅ
lang: Tagalog
word: binti
lang: Tai Nüa
word: ᥑᥣᥴ
roman: xáa
lang: Tajik
word: пой
roman: poy
lang: Tajik
word: по
roman: po
lang: Tajik
word: линг
roman: ling
lang: Tamil
word: கால்
roman: kāl
lang: Taos
word: xų́nemą
lang: Tarantino
word: jamme
lang: Tarifit
word: ḍar
lang: Tatar
word: аяк
roman: ayaq
lang: Tausug
word: siki
lang: Telugu
word: కాలు
roman: kālu
lang: Tetum
word: ain
lang: Tewa
word: pó
lang: Thai
word: ขา
roman: kǎa
lang: Northern Thai
word: ᨡᩣ
lang: Tibetan
word: རྐང་པ
roman: rkang pa
lang: Tibetan
word: ཞབས
roman: zhabs
lang: Tigrinya
word: እግሪ
roman: ʾəgri
lang: Tok Pisin
word: lek
lang: Turkish
word: bacak
lang: Turkish
word: ayak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: باجاق
roman: bacak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آیاق
roman: ayaq
lang: Turkmen
word: aýak
lang: Tzotzil
word: okol
lang: Udi
word: тур
roman: tur
lang: Udmurt
word: пыд
roman: pyd
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎛𐎌𐎄
roman: ỉšd
lang: Ukrainian
word: нога́
roman: nohá
lang: Urdu
word: پَیر
roman: pair
lang: Urdu
word: پایَہ
roman: pāya
lang: Urdu
word: پاؤں
roman: pāõ
lang: Uyghur
word: پۇت
roman: put
lang: Uyghur
word: پاچاق
roman: pachaq
lang: Uzbek
word: oyoq
lang: Venetan
word: ganba
lang: Vietnamese
word: chân
lang: Vietnamese
word: giò
lang: Vietnamese
word: cẳng
lang: Volapük
word: lög
lang: Walloon
word: djambe
lang: Welsh
word: coes
lang: Winnebago
word: huu
lang: Woiwurrung
word: lurrk
lang: Wolaytta
word: gediya
lang: Wolof
word: tànk
lang: Yakut
word: атах
roman: ataq
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿוס
roman: fus
lang: Yoruba
word: ẹsẹ̀
lang: Yup'ik
word: iruq
lang: Zazaki
word: lıng (diq)
lang: Zealandic
word: beên
lang: Zealandic
word: poôt
lang: Zhuang
word: ga
lang: Zulu
word: umlenze
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ǂqhàla