limb
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2.5
- noun
- /lɪm/
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rama
- In winter, barren limbs draped in Spanish moss graze the pale-green mat of algae that covers its surface.
- tree limb
- limbs and trunks
- brush and limbs
OK, All right, Scott, working on storm crew, you know, taking care of all these hangers and all these dangerous limbs after storms.
- OK, All right, Scott, working on storm crew, you know, taking care of all these hangers and all these dangerous limbs after storms.
- Conspicuous, a jam of limbs and lines blurred behind the collective colors.
- Beyond it, in the shadow of dark limbs, things that stay uncarriable away.
- Slow drips and light shower, flat metallic sky and sombre limbs.
Examples
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One poor boy clutched the limb of a tree so tightly that we could not force him to let go of his maniacal grip.
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The other hung loose over a limb that looked like it belonged on a scarecrow.
Fiction book (1992) -
Please keep all limbs and branches inside.
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The squirrel is halfway up an oak tree, frozen against a limb, beyond a cluster of leaves.
Fiction book (1992) -
The skeletal trunk and limbs of a long-dead tree towered above the village.
Fiction book (1991) -
Australian Aborigines played instruments called didgeridoos fashioned from huge tree limbs or bamboo.
Academic text (2008) -
Please be careful when walking under the tree; some limbs are hanging low.
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The gardener pruned the limbs of the old oak to encourage new growth.
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The heavy storm broke several limbs from the maple tree in the backyard.
Synonyms
243
1.0
A part of a tree that grows from the trunk
26
6.2
A part attached to something larger, like a limb on an animal or a small group added to an organization
24
6.5
A large branch growing from the trunk of a tree
13
1.0
A part of a tree that grows from the trunk and holds leaves or fruit
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.2
An uncomfortable feeling that seems to come from a missing arm or leg
- Specialized
A disease that slowly makes the shoulder and hip muscles weaker and smaller
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Limb also came to mean a tree 'branch' because a branch reaches out like an arm. That's why calling a big branch a limb helps you imagine it as the tree's 'arm' reaching out from the trunk.