limb

Plurallimbs

Formslimbs, limbing, limbed

1. 1
   arm or legnouncountable

   An arm, leg, or wing: a main body part that helps a body move.

   Like an arm or a leg: a part that sticks out and helps a body move.

   The doctor checked each limb for broken bones.

   Spiders use all their limbs to climb walls.

   UsagePeople say risk life and limb for doing something very dangerous.

   Similarappendage, extremity

2. 2
   big tree branchnouncountable

   A large branch growing out from the trunk of a tree.

   Like an arm reaching out from the body of the tree.

   A heavy limb fell across the road during the storm.

   Children climbed onto the lower limbs of the old oak.

   Similarbough

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3. 3
   part of groupnouncountable

   A person or thing seen as a part of a larger group or body.

   Like a branch that is part of one big tree.

   The local office is really just a limb of a much larger company.

   Each small committee acts as a limb of the main organization.

   Similarbranch, arm, wing, offshoot

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4. 4
   bow (archery)nouncountable

   The upper or lower bending part of a bow used in archery.

   Like a springy stick that bends back and snaps forward.

   The archer found a crack in the lower limb of her bow.

   Modern bows often have limbs made of fiberglass.

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