limb
To remove the limbs fromTo remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
» Tom hung the lamp on a tree limb.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
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расчленя́тьrasčlenjátʹ, расчлени́тьrasčlenítʹ
(transitive)To supply with limbs.
(transitive)To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs
Brian limbed Roger over at the Beahive last night.
Examples
50 sentencesTom hung the lamp on a tree limb.
I don't want to go out on a limb.
deIch will mich nicht aus dem Fenster hängen. — Dejo
Tom hung the lamp on the limb of a tree.
Tom was killed when a tree limb fell on him.
ruТома убила упавшая на него ветка дерева. — Selena777
Tom went out on a limb to help Mary and she didn't even thank him.
ruТом пошёл на риск, чтобы помочь Мэри, а она его даже не поблагодарила. — odexed
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West GermFrom 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”).
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Forms
limbs, limbing, limbed, limbedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle