Meaning

5 senses
  1. To remove the legs from an animal carcass.

  2. To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.

  3. To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.

  4. To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').

  5. To thrust up or raise via the legs; to give a leg-up to.

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

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

legs, legging, legged, legged
Base formleg · to leg
3rd person singularlegs
Present participlelegging
Past simplelegged
Past participlelegged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyleg
he, she, itlegs

Past simpleLesson

all personslegged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave legged
he, she, ithas legged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill leg

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

4 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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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