Definitions for legs

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legs leg

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IPA: /lɛg/

Legs is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in legs (egls).

Definitions for legs

noun

1. either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
2. Anatomy. the lower limb of a human being from the knee to the ankle.
3. something resembling or suggesting a leg in use, position, or appearance.
4. the part of a garment that covers the leg:
5. one of usually several, relatively tall, slender supports for a piece of furniture.
6. one of the sides of a forked object, as of a compass or pair of dividers.
7. one of the sides of a triangle other than the base or hypotenuse.
8. a timber, bar, or the like, serving to prop or shore up a structure.
9. one of the flanges of an angle iron.
10. one of the distinct sections of any course:
11. Nautical. one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a sailing ship. one straight or nearly straight part of a multiple-sided course in a sailing race.
12. Sports. one of a designated number of contests that must be successfully completed in order to determine the winner. one of the stretches or sections of a relay race.
13. legs, (in wine tasting) the rivulets of wine that slowly descend along the inside of a glass after the wine has been swirled, sometimes regarded as an indication that the wine is full-bodied.
14. Cricket. the part of the field to the left of and behind the batsman as he faces the bowler or to the right of and behind him if he is left-handed. the fielder playing this part of the field. the position of this fielder.
15. Electricity. a component or branch of a circuit, network, antenna, etc.
16. Radio and Television. a connecting link between stations in a network, as the microwave relays used in transmitting a show from one geographical area to another.
17. bride2 (def 1).

Idioms

1. leg it, Informal. to walk rapidly or run:
2. leg up, a means of help or encouragement; assist; boost: advantage; edge.
3. not have a leg to stand on, to lack a valid or logical basis for one's argument or attitude:
4. on one's / its last legs, just short of exhaustion, breakdown, failure, etc.:
5. pull someone's leg, to make fun of someone; tease. to deceive someone; trick someone.
6. shake a leg, Informal. to hurry up. Older Use. to dance.
7. stretch one's legs, to take a walk; get some needed exercise after prolonged sitting:

Verb phrases

1. leg up, to help (someone) to mount a horse.

verb (used with object)

1. to move or propel (a boat) with the legs:

Origin of legs

1225-75; 1915-20 for def 10; Middle English Old Norse leggr

Examples for legs

The table serving as washstand stood securely on its four legs.

As I forced my exhausted body to exercise, I yelled at my legs like a drill sergeant, demanding five more minutes or one more set.

legs McNeil, of Punk magazine fame, once called him “cute” and “charming.”

As he clapped his legs to the horse's back he stuck his knife into the Potawatami.

He sat down in a chair, and stretched out his legs, with an air of being at home.

Sprawled on chaise lounges with their knees high in the air and their legs spread wide.

After tightening her collar, Stella assumed slave posture: on her knees, legs slightly spread, palm resting face-up on her thighs.

Wrapees was the term marines used for the Japanese because they had wrapping round their legs.

We dined on frogs' legs and Vouvray, and then went to see the Revue at the Marigny.

If he sat down his legs were gathered, and he seemed about to stand up.