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limb /lɪm/ noun [countable]
دست یا پا؛ شاخه درخت
عضو بدن (دست یا پا)، بال، شاخه، قطع کردن عضو، اندام، سوهان کاری، جلاکاری کردن، عمران: ورنیه تئودولیت، معماری: دایره مدرج، ورزش: هرکدام از طرفین کمان، علوم دریایی: لنگ لبه ماه یا خورشید
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Synonyms & Related Wordslimb[noun]Synonyms:- part, appendage, arm, extremity, leg, member, wing
- branch, bough, offshoot, projection, spur
Related Words: shoot,
spray,
sprig,
switch,
twig,
arm [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarylimb /lɪm/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: lim]
1. out on a limb alone and without help or support:
All the other countries signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us.2. an arm or leg
3. strong-limbed/long-limbed etc having strong, long etc arms and legs
4. a large branch of a tree
⇒
risk life and limb at
risk2(1), ⇒
tear somebody limb from limb at
tear2(9)
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Collocationslimb noun ADJ. long | thin | silken | powerful | bare, naked | broken, injured | stiff I eased my stiff limbs into the hot bath.
weary | amputated | artificial, prosthetic | lower, upper | hind The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs. VERB + LIMB amputate LIMB + NOUN development, growth [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Idiomslimb̈ɪlɪm See:
out on a limb [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲