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leg

leg

∞ 1.0
A body part people and animals use to stand and walk
  • noun
  • /lɛg/
: pierna
  • For safety sake, use the strength of your legs, not your back.
  • arms and legs
  • legs and feet
  • left leg

As long as I didn't train legs, you could.

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Examples

  • After running a marathon, she felt pain in her left leg.

  • They just treated a guy who had a knife wound in the leg.

  • And my my right leg was worse than my left.

  • And then on your leg, man, what is that?

  • - Is your leg okay?

  • Lift your right foot, run up the inside of your leg and hold.

  • Let go of my leg, Emma!

  • Then he broke his leg, didn't he?

  • She only has a concussion and a broken leg.

  • PAD is usually diagnosed from the typical history of leg muscle pain on exertion.

    Academic text (2012)

Idioms

17 4.1

To tell someone something that is not true to make them laugh

to break a leg
  • Informal
16 6.3

To wish someone good luck before a performance

an arm and a leg
  • Informal
12 5.8

A very high cost that needs a lot of money

To have a good reason or proof to support your claim

4 8.0

To show that famous people are ordinary like everyone else

to shake a leg
  • Archaic
3 6.5

To hurry when someone tells you to

1 7.9

Have no good reason or evidence to support a claim

To tease someone by saying something that is not true as a joke

Speak with someone for a very long time until they get tired

To be ordinary like other people

to show a leg
  • Archaic
1 9.5

To come out and join other people

To lie to someone in an obvious way while expecting them to believe it

Compounds

leg up
  • Informal
30 3.4

A form of help or small advantage that makes reaching a goal easier

19 1.0

A back leg on a four-legged animal that helps it walk or jump

16 1.2

The part of trousers that covers one leg

11 3.8

A leg made of wood that replaces a missing one

8 1.0

A back leg of a young sheep cooked and served as a roast

5 2.7

A bone in the leg like the femur or tibia

5 1.0

The lower part of a turkey that people cook and eat

5 1.0

The lower part of a chicken that people eat

2 1.4

The part of a pair of pants that covers one leg

2 7.1

Legs that curve outward below the knee so the knees stay apart when the feet are together

leg day
  • Jargon
1 5.5

A day for exercising the lower body with moves like squats and lunges

1 2.0

An exercise that makes leg muscles stronger and firmer

leg curl
  • Specialized
1 3.5

An exercise that bends the knee to lift the lower leg toward the buttocks and work the hamstrings

leg-pull
  • Archaic
1 7.1

A joke that tries to make someone believe a false story for fun

milk leg
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A painful swelling in the leg after childbirth caused by a blood clot

1 1.0

A part of an animal's body used to stand on and move

leg-pulling
  • Informal
1 7.0

An act of joking to make someone believe something not true

1 8.1

A long thin leg that looks like a pole

leg extensor
  • Specialized
1 6.0

An exercise done on a machine that makes the front thigh muscles stronger by straightening the knee

A cricket dismissal when a batsman's leg blocks the ball from hitting the stumps and the umpire signals out

leg curling
  • Specialized
1 3.5

An exercise that strengthens the muscles at the back of the thigh by bending the knee against a weight

8.4

A pommel horse move where both legs swing together in a circle while the hands switch on the handles

bandy leg
  • Archaic
8.8

A leg that curves outward at or below the knee

A piece of clothing that covers the lower leg from the knee to the ankle

odd-leg caliper
  • Specialized
8.5

A tool with two legs curved the same way used to mark or measure distances on flat metal

white leg
  • Archaic
9.8

A painful swelling in the upper leg caused by a blood clot after giving birth

How Mobile

to wing
5 3.9
leg
∞ 1.0
limb
213 1.0
arm
∞ 1.0
flipper
21 3.1
stump
58 3.0

Surface Forms

leg singular
legs plural

Etymology

Leg comes from an old Norse word leggr that meant 'leg' or 'bone', so the word has long named the limb we use for walking and standing.