1 an arm or a leg; a similar part of an animal, such as a wing:
an artificial limb * For a while, she lost the use of her limbs.
2 (-limbed) (in adjectives) having the type of limbs mentioned:
long-limbed * loose-limbed
3 a large branch of a tree
IDIOMS
out on a limb (informal) not supported by other people:
Are you prepared to go out on a limb (= risk doing sth that other people are not prepared to do) and make your suspicions public? * His controversial stance has left him out on a limb.
tear / rip sb limb from limb (often humorous) to attack sb very violently
moreatRISKv.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for limb is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is limb a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, limb is tagged as noun.
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