leg
English Thesaurus
1. a section or portion of a journey or course (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | fare-stage, |
| definition | : | a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same (noun.act) |
| part meronym | : | journey, journeying, |
| definition | : | the act of traveling from one place to another (noun.act) |
2. (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | distance, length, |
| definition | : | size of the gap between two places (noun.attribute) |
3. a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | cloth covering, |
| definition | : | a covering made of cloth (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | cuff, turnup, |
| definition | : | the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | foot, |
| definition | : | a support resembling a pedal extremity (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | knee, |
| definition | : | the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | pant, trouser, |
| definition | : | (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately (noun.artifact) |
4. one of the supports for a piece of furniture (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | support, |
| definition | : | any device that bears the weight of another thing (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | chair, |
| definition | : | a seat for one person, with a support for the back (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | camp bed, cot, |
| definition | : | a small bed that folds up for storage or transport (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | four-poster, |
| definition | : | a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | grand, grand piano, |
| definition | : | a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | hospital bed, |
| definition | : | a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | spinning wheel, |
| definition | : | a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | table, |
| definition | : | a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | tripod, |
| definition | : | a three-legged rack used for support (noun.artifact) |
5. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg (noun.artifact)
6. a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | limb, |
| definition | : | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | peg, pin, stick, |
| definition | : | informal terms for the leg (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | fibular vein, peroneal vein, vena peroneus, |
| definition | : | accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | saphenous vein, vena saphena, |
| definition | : | either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | crus, |
| definition | : | the leg from the knee to foot (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | thigh, |
| definition | : | the part of the leg between the hip and the knee (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | shank, |
| definition | : | the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | shin, |
| definition | : | the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | foot, human foot, pes, |
| definition | : | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | nervus ischiadicus, sciatic nerve, |
| definition | : | arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | nervus saphenus, saphenous nerve, |
| definition | : | a branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | leg bone, |
| definition | : | a bone of the leg (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | calf bone, fibula, |
| definition | : | the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | shin, shin bone, shinbone, tibia, |
| definition | : | the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle (noun.body) |
7. a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | limb, |
| definition | : | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | prehensor, |
| definition | : | the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | animal leg, |
| definition | : | the leg of an animal (noun.animal) |
8. the limb of an animal used for food (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | cut, cut of meat, |
| definition | : | a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | ham hock, |
| definition | : | a small cut of meat from the leg just above the foot (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | gigot, leg of lamb, |
| definition | : | lamb leg suitable for roasting (noun.food) |
9. a part of a forked or branching shape (noun.shape)
| hypernym | : | subfigure, |
| definition | : | a figure that is a part of another figure (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | bifurcation, |
| definition | : | a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | brachium, |
| definition | : | (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | crotch, fork, |
| definition | : | the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches (noun.shape) |
| part meronym | : | forking, furcation, |
| definition | : | the place where something divides into branches (noun.shape) |
10. a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg (noun.artifact)
11. a part of a forked or branching shape (noun.shape)
| derivation | : | branch, ramify, |
| definition | : | grow and send out branches or branch-like structures (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | branchy, |
| definition | : | having many branches (adj.all) |
12. a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg (noun.artifact)
13. a part of a forked or branching shape (noun.shape)
| derivation | : | branch, ramify, |
| definition | : | grow and send out branches or branch-like structures (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | branchy, |
| definition | : | having many branches (adj.all) |
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