Meaning

27 senses
  1. A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.

    Insects have six legs.

    the limb of an animal used for food

  2. In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.

    Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.

    Bein

    нога́nogá

    нога́nohá

  3. The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

    Unterschenkel

    a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

  4. A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.

    The left leg of these jeans has a tear.

    Hosenbein

    штани́наštanína

    холошаxološa, колошаkološa

    a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg

  5. A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.

    the legs of a chair or table

    но́жкаnóžka

    one of the supports for a piece of furniture

  6. (figuratively)Something that supports.

    This observation is an important leg of my argument.

  7. A stage of a journey, race etc.

    After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.

    Etappe, Abschnitt

    эта́пetáp, перехо́дperexód

    ета́пetáp

  8. A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.

    (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack

  9. One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.

  10. A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.

    Satz

    эта́пetáp, кругkrug, турtur

  11. One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.

    Kathete

    ка́тетkátet

  12. One of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle.

Examples

1849 sentences
  1. I got my right leg injured.

    Я поранила праву ногу. — bicolino34

    ruЯ повредил правую ногу. — Selena777

    deIch verletzte mich am rechten Bein. — freddy1

  2. She has long arms and legs.

    Вона має довгі руки та ноги. — deniko

    ruУ неё длинные руки и ноги. — marafon

    deSie hat lange Arme und Beine. — Esperantostern

  3. Tom shot himself in the leg.

    Том вистрілив собі у ногу. — deniko

    ruТом выстрелил себе в ногу. — sharptoothed

    deTom hat sich ins Bein geschossen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. How did you break your leg?

    Як ти зламав ногу? — miketheknight

    ruКак ты сломал ногу? — marafon

    deWie hast du dir denn das Bein gebrochen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I shot myself in the leg.

    Я вистрілив собі в ногу. — deniko

    ruЯ выстрелил себе в ногу. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
lower limb from groin to ankle:
part of garment covering the leg:
stage of journey:
Русский
By meaning 6
lower limb from groin to ankle:
part of garment covering the leg:
supporting protrusion of an inanimate object:
stage of journey:
game played in a tournament:
(mathematics) leg (non-hypotenuse) of a right triangle:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
lower limb from groin to ankle:
portion of the lower appendage from knee to ankle:
part of garment covering the leg:
stage of journey:
game played in a tournament:
(mathematics) leg (non-hypotenuse) of a right triangle:

Origin

From Middle English leg, legge, from Old Norse leggr (“leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg,

From Middle English leg, legge, from Old Norse leggr (“leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg, hollow tube, stalk”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz, *lagwijaz (“leg, thigh”) (see it for more).

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Forms

plural: legs
Singularleg
Plurallegs

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
part of garment that covers a leg:pant legpantleg
side of a right triangle:cathetus
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

137 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • my legs are
  • broke his leg
  • a broken leg
  • leg was broken
  • broken leg
  • hurt his leg
  • stretch my legs
  • left leg
  • broken my leg
  • shaves her legs
  • broke my leg
  • cross legged on

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
leg — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto