leg
leg Lexical Profile
leg Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Each of the lower limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands, extending in humans from the hip to the ankle.
"The marathon runner stretched her right leg carefully before approaching the starting line."
A vertical support on which a piece of furniture, equipment, or structure rests.
"We placed a folded coaster underneath the uneven table leg to keep it from wobbling."
One of the two tubular portions of a pair of trousers, stockings, or similar garment covering a person's lower limb.
"He rolled up each trouser leg before wading across the shallow creek."
A distinct section or stage of a journey, relay race, or tournament.
"The final leg of our flight took us directly from Frankfurt to Tokyo."
The lower limb of an animal or bird prepared and served as food.
"She seasoned the roast lamb leg with rosemary, garlic, and olive oil."
• verb
To walk or run quickly on foot (typically used with 'it', especially to escape or hurry somewhere).
"Since the last bus had already departed, we had to leg it all the way back to campus."
British To propel a canal boat through a low-roofed tunnel by lying on one's back and pushing against the tunnel walls or roof with one's feet.
"Before engine power became widespread, boaters had to leg their narrowboats through dark canal tunnels."
• Rhymes for leg
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 13th century from Old Norse leggr, meaning 'leg' or 'hollow bone', which displaced the native Old English word sceanca (modern English 'shank').