Dictionary 1. (n.) A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.2. (n.) An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal. 3. (n.) A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. 4. (n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. 5. (v. t.) To supply with limbs. 6. (v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of. 7. (n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses. 8. (n.) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade. 9. (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon. 10. (n.) The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles. Thesaurus ankle appendage arm bank bar bayonet legs beam bine board boom border bordure bough bowlegs branch branchedness branchiness brim brink brow burgeon calf cant hook claw bar cnemis coast crank crow crowbar deadwood devil drumstick edge enfant terrible featheredge flagellum flange foreleg fork frame fringe frond gamb gambrel gigot ham hand handspike hem hind leg hock imp iron crow jamb jimmy joint knee labellum labium labrum ledge leg lever limbus link lip list lobe lobule marge margin marlinespike member mischief offshoot organ outrigger peavey pedal pinch bar pinion podite popliteal space prize pry ragged edge ramage ramification rapscallion rascal rim ripping bar rogue runner sarment scalawag scion scissor-legs selvage shank shin shoot shore side sideline skirt slip spar spear spray sprig sprit sprout spur stems stolon stumps sucker switch tail tarsus tendril thallus treadle trotters twig verge villain wing wrecking bar |