Значение

значений: 8
  1. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

    Glied, Gliedmaße, Extremitäten

    коне́чностьkonéčnostʹ, членčlen

    кінці́вкаkincívka

    one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper

  2. A branch of a tree.

    Ast

    сукsuk, сучо́кsučók, ветвьvetvʹ

  3. The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

    either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip

  4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

  5. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

  6. The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.

    the solar limb

    (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

  7. The graduated edge of a circle or arc.

    the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

  8. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

Примеры

предложений: 50
  1. Tom was killed when a tree limb fell on him.

    Тома убила упавшая на него ветка дерева.

  2. Tom went out on a limb to help Mary and she didn't even thank him.

    Том пошёл на риск, чтобы помочь Мэри, а она его даже не поблагодарила.

  3. Tom hung the lamp on a tree limb.

  4. I don't want to go out on a limb.

    deIch will mich nicht aus dem Fenster hängen.

  5. Tom hung the lamp on the limb of a tree.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
major appendage of human or animal:
Русский
По значениям 2
major appendage of human or animal:
branch of a tree:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
major appendage of human or animal:
branch of a tree:

Происхождение

From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germ

From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”).

From Latin limbus (“border”).

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Формы

мн. число: limbs
Ед. числоlimb
Мн. числоlimbs

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 5
Близкие по смыслу
  • any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree:tree branch
  • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm:armbranch

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 19

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соседние слова
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