noun. The circumferential edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body.

noun. The edge of a graduated arc or circle used in an instrument to measure angles.

noun. The expanded tip of a plant organ, such as a petal or corolla lobe.

noun. One of the larger branches of a tree.

noun. One of the jointed appendages of an animal, such as an arm, leg, wing, or flipper, used for locomotion or grasping.

noun. An extension or a projecting part, as of a building or mountain range.

noun. undefined

noun. An extension or part distinguished from the main body or group.

noun. A member or representative of a group.

noun. An impish child.

transitive verb. To remove the branches from.

idiom. ((out) on a limb) In a difficult, awkward, or vulnerable position.

To supply with limbs.

To dismember; tear or carve off the limbs of: as, to limb a turkey; to limb a tree.

noun. In botany:

noun. The blade or broad part of a leaf.

noun. In geology, that portion of an anticline or syncline which lies on either side respectively of the arch or trough. Also called leg and flank.

noun. A part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk; an appendicular member; a leg, an arm, or a wing: often limited in meaning to the leg, at present general out of affected or prudish unwillingness to use the word leg.

noun. The branch of a tree: applied only to a branch of some size, and not to a small twig.

noun. The part of a bow above or below the grip or handle.

noun. A thing or person regarded as a part of something else; a part; a member: as, a limb of the devil; a limb of the law.

noun. A mischievous or roguish person, especially a young person; an imp; a scapegrace; a scamp.

noun. Synonyms See member.

noun. In astronomy, the border or outermost edge of the disk of the sun or moon.

noun. The graduated edge of a circle or other astronomical or surveying instrument, etc.

noun. In zoology, the lateral area or marginal band of the cephalic shield of trilobites on either side of the glabellum, corresponding to a pleuron of the thoracic region.

noun. In botany, the border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal.

noun. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

noun. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.

noun. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

noun. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

noun. a lawyer or an officer of the law.

transitive verb. To supply with limbs.

transitive verb. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.

noun. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.

noun. The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.

noun. The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.

noun. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing)

noun. A branch of a tree.

noun. The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

noun. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

noun. The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun or moon.

noun. The graduated margin of an arc or circle in an instrument for measuring angles.

verb. To remove the limbs from an animal or tree.

noun. The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.

noun. The graduated edge of a circle or arc.

noun. (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

noun. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

noun. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

noun. the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

"All this could Carlo do — make, unmake me; … and join me limb to limb…."

branch  exarticulate limbs  pectoral limb  

go out on a limb  

arc  border  edge  part  portion  

Grim  Grimm  Him  Im  Jim  

bone  bough  branch  breast  cheek  

ankle  appendage  arm  bank  bar  

limbed  limbing  limbs