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leg
lɛɡ Listen
Meanings
noun
  • each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands.
    E.g. Adams broke his leg
  • each of the supports of a chair, table, or other structure.
    E.g. table legs
  • a section or stage of a journey or process.
    E.g. the return leg of his journey
  • a branch of a forked object.
  • the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) away from which the batsman's feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball.
    E.g. he played a lucky stroke to leg
  • a deferential gesture made by drawing back one leg and bending it while keeping the front leg straight.
verb
  • travel by foot; walk.
    E.g. I am part of a team legging it around London
  • propel (a boat) through a tunnel on a canal by pushing with one's legs against the tunnel roof or sides.
    E.g. a little boy was lying on his back, legging the boat along

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