Limb: alternatives and connections

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

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To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.

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That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.

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A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.

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To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.

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A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

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To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.

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The sixth part of a circle.

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Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

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The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

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The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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