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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.

Synonyms
Examples for "branch"
Examples for "branch"
1
Fear may lead euro governments to offer the UK an olive branch.
Reuters
2
Four stores in Japan followed, along with a London branch last year.
The Irish Times
3
The ANC London branch announces a new direction taken in its leadership.
The South African
4
The lower branch became the Brachiopods; the more advanced branch the Molluscs.
The Story of Evolution
5
Nor has he fulfilled a role at a state branch of government.
The South African
1
The ramification of the elm has the largest branch at the top.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1
2
In our case, the ramification of the innervating nerves was specific.
Pubmed
3
The kauris measured a hundred feet high, before the ramification of the branches.
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
4
An obscure ramification ever at work; a construction which is immense and ignored.
Les Misérables
5
However, Congress played down the possible ramifications of its state elections setback.
Reuters
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