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Meanings of leg in English

Russian
нога
Portuguese
perna
Catalan
cama
Spanish
miembro inferior humano
Wikidata

Weight bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape, function as "extensible struts"

      Related terms
      нога
      Portuguese
      perna-de-pau
      Spanish
      pata de palo

      A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.

            perna-de-pau
            Portuguese
            etapa
            Catalan
            etapa
            Spanish
            fase

            A section or portion of a journey or course.

                  etapa

                  A part of a forked or branching shape.

                        Usage of leg in English
                        1
                        BMD changes as a result of change in leg position were evaluated.
                        Pubmed
                        2
                        But despite her words, her right leg took a small step forward.
                        Villain
                        3
                        Correlations were tested between one-leg balance and physical health and functional measurements.
                        Pubmed
                        4
                        Times change, though, and this two-leg tie has a very different context.
                        The Guardian
                        5
                        He won last year at Torrey Pines with only one good leg.
                        The Guardian
                        6
                        Home advantage for The Island in last Sunday's second leg proved instrumental.
                        The Irish Times
                        7
                        Tendulkar also noticed Smith tweak his approach when England used a leg-slip.
                        News.com.au
                        8
                        This completely demolishes the last leg of the moral case for war.
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        She was young and, aside from her broken leg, in great shape.
                        Love is the best medicine: what two dogs taught one veterinarian...
                        10
                        Many runners choose to use leg power to give that extra push.
                        The Irish Times
                        11
                        The family thought it was indeed a picture of the father's leg.
                        Radio NZ
                        12
                        General Hastings was permanently disabled by a bullet wound in the leg.
                        Cleveland Past and Present: Its Representative Men / Comprising ...
                        13
                        He was shot in the leg and afterward carried to the hospital.
                        Mob Rule in New Orleans / Robert Charles and His Fight to Death,...
                        14
                        I had broken my leg; fall from a horse; nothing to do.
                        What Will He Do with It? — Complete
                        15
                        I broke my leg last year so exercise is hard right now.
                        The Guardian
                        16
                        With surprising-fearsome-speed,shehad her right leg snugged behind his right knee.
                        Fire With Fire