leg
[noun]
Synonyms:
- limb, lower limb, member, pin (informal), stump (informal)
- support, brace, prop, upright
- stage, lap, part, portion, section, segment, stretch
- pull someone's leg: tease, fool, kid (informal), make fun of, trick, wind up (Brit. slang)

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I. leg¹ S1 W1 /leɡ/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: leggr]

1. BODY PART [countable] one of the long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insect:
a young boy with skinny legs
She fell and broke her leg.
four-legged/long-legged etc
four-legged animals

2. MEAT [uncountable and countable] the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as food:
roast leg of lamb

3.
FURNITURE [countable] one of the upright parts that support a piece of furniture:
One of the legs on the table was a bit wobbly.
a chair leg
a three-legged stool

4. CLOTHING [countable] the part of your trousers that covers your leg:
The legs of my jeans were covered in mud.
He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.

5. JOURNEY/RACE [countable] one part of a long journey or race
leg of
the final leg of the Tour de France

6. SPORT [countable] British English one of the series of games in a football competition played between two teams:
Leeds will have to win the second leg if they are to go forward to the finals.

7. not have a leg to stand on informal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say:
If you didn’t sign a contract, you won’t have a leg to stand on.

8. get your leg over British English informal not polite to have sex with someone

9. have legs American English informal if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about it
⇒ on its last legs at last¹(9), ⇒ on your last legs at last¹(8), ⇒ pull sb’s leg at pull¹(11), ⇒ leg-pull, leg-up, peg leg, sea legs, ⇒ shake a leg at shake¹(9), ⇒ show a leg at show¹(23), ⇒ stretch your legs at stretch¹(7)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. leg² verb (past tense and past participle legged, present participle legging) British English informal
leg it to run in order to escape from someone or something:
We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.

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leg
noun
I. part of the body
ADJ. left, right | front | back, hind | long | short, stumpy | beautiful, good, shapely | muscled, muscular, powerful, strong | skinny, spindly, thin | fat | bandy | hairy | bare | artificial, wooden | bad, stiff | broken, fractured | lame, withered He sat down with his lame leg outstretched.
tired She crossed the finish line on tired legs.
fresh They don't train the day before a match to ensure they have fresh legs.
outstretched
VERB + LEG bend | brace He put his back against the car, braced his legs and pushed.
straighten | cross I moved the chair away from the table so I could cross my legs.
splay, spread They made him put his hands on the police car and spread his legs.
extend, stretch (out) She stretched her legs under the table. (figurative) It was good to get out of the car and stretch our legs (= walk about).
lift The dog lifted its leg against the lamp post.
draw up, tuck under She sat with her legs drawn up underneath her.
kick | swing She swung her legs over the side of the bed and reached for her crutches.
entwine, tangle They gazed at each other, their legs entwined under the table.
break, injure | amputate She had her leg amputated below the knee.
shave
LEG + VERB move They ran together, their legs moving in unison.
flail, kick He jumped to avoid the flailing leg of the defender.
pump She started running, fat legs pumping.
bend | buckle, give way His legs buckled and he collapsed on the floor.
shake, tremble | dangle, hang, swing He sat with his legs dangling off the bridge.
ache
LEG + NOUN exercise | muscle | injury, pains, trouble, ulcer, wound | room (also legroom) You don't get much legroom on economy-class flights.
PREP. between the/your ~s The dog sloped off, its tail between its legs.
in the ~ He was shot in the leg by a sniper.
on the/your ~ I've got a big bruise on my leg.
on one ~ Many birds are able to stand on one leg for hours at a time.
PHRASES (have, etc.) your leg in plaster He was wheeled out of the hospital with his leg in plaster.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

leg
II. of trousers
ADJ. trouser
VERB + LEG pull up, roll up He rolled up his trouser legs.
roll down
PHRASES long/short in the leg These jeans are too long in the leg.

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leg
III. of a journey/race
ADJ. first, second, etc. | final, last | anchor The fastest runner often runs the anchor leg (= the last one) of a relay.
outbound | homeward
PREP. on the … ~ At last we were on the homeward leg of our journey.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

leg
leɡ
See: on one's last legs , pull one's leg , shake a leg , tail between one's legs

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