leg

Universal Words noun, verb noun part of body 1 [C] one of the long parts that connect the feet to the rest of the body: Sit on the floor, stretching your legs out in front of you. * I broke my leg playing football. * How many legs does a centipede have? * front / back legs * forelegs / hind legs * a wooden leg seealsoBOWLEGS, DADDY-LONG-LEGS, LEGGY, LEGROOM, PEGLEG, SEALEGS meat 2 [C,U] ~ (of sth) the leg of an animal, especially the top part, cooked and eaten: frogs' legs * chicken legs * roast leg of lamb of trousers / pants 3 [C] the part of a pair of trousers/pants that covers the leg: a trouser / pant leg * These jeans are too long in the leg. of table / chair 4 [C] one of the long thin parts on the bottom of a table, chair, etc. that support it: a chair / table leg -legged 5 (in adjectives) having the number or type of legs mentioned: a three-legged stool * a long-legged insect HELPNOTE When -legged is used with numbers, it is nearly always pronounced . seealsoCROSS-LEGGED of journey / race 6 [C] ~ (of sth) one part of a journey or race: The final leg of the trip was by donkey. * The Spanish team won the third leg. sports game 7 [C] one of a series of matches played between the same opponents in a sports competition IDIOMS break a leg! (spoken) used to wish sb good luck get your leg over (BrE, informal) to have sex not have a leg to stand on (informal) to be in a position where you are unable to prove sth or explain why sth is reasonable: Without written evidence, we don't have a leg to stand on. moreatARMn., FASTadv., LASTadj., PULLv., SHAKEv., STRETCHv., TAILn., TALKv. seealsoLEG-UP verb (-gg-) IDIOMS leg it (informal, especially BrE) to run, especially in order to escape from sb: We saw the police coming and legged it down the road.