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Sounds | leh'g |
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Rhymes | beg, bootleg, clegg, and 7 more rhymes in ehg at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A human limb. Commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part between the knee and ankle. |
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Part of | body, organic structure, physical structure |
Parts | peroneal vein, fibular vein, vena peroneus; saphenous vein, vena saphena; tibial vein, vena tibialis; crus; thigh; shank; shin; foot, human foot, pes; sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus; saphenous nerve, nervus saphenus; knee, knee joint, articulatio genus, genu; ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis; tibialis, tibialis muscle, musculus tibialis; leg bone; fibula, calf bone; tibia, shinbone, shin |
Narrower | pin, peg, stick; bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara; shank's mare, shanks' mare, shank's pony, shanks' pony; spindlelegs, spindleshanks; knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga |
Broader | limb |
Meaning | A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion. |
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Parts | vertebrate foot, pedal extremity |
Narrower | animal leg |
Broader | limb |
Meaning | One of the supports for a piece of furniture. |
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Part of | chair; cot, camp bed; four-poster; grand piano, grand; hospital bed; spinning wheel; table; tripod |
Broader | support |
Meaning | A part of a forked or branching shape. |
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Synonyms | branch, fork, ramification |
Part of | furcation, forking |
Narrower | bifurcation; brachium |
Broader | subfigure |
Meaning | The limb of an animal used for food. |
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Narrower | ham hock; leg of lamb, gigot |
Broader | cut, cut of meat |
Meaning | A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg. |
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Synonyms | peg, wooden leg, pegleg |
Broader | prosthesis, prosthetic device |
Meaning | Cloth covering consisting of the part of a garment that covers the leg. |
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Parts | cuff, turnup; foot; knee |
Narrower | pant leg, trouser leg |
Broader | cloth covering |
Meaning | (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack. |
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Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing |
Broader | travel, traveling, travelling; distance, length |
Meaning | A section or portion of a journey or course. |
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Synonyms | stage |
Part of | journey, journeying |
Narrower | fare-stage |
Broader | travel, traveling, travelling |