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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion.

   “{{ux|en|Insects have six legs.}”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.

   “Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.”

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.

   “The left leg of these jeans has a tear.”

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.

   “the legs of a chair or table”

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   Something that supports.

   “This observation is an important leg of my argument.”

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   A stage of a journey, race etc.

   “After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.”

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    (usually used in plural) The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.

    “This proposal has no legs. Almost everyone opposes it.”

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

15. Meaning 15 · noun

    An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.

16. Meaning 16 · noun

    In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

17. Meaning 17 · noun

    Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.

    “Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping drive through the leg fielders.”

18. Meaning 18 · noun

    A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.

19. Meaning 19 · noun

    A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.

20. Meaning 20 · noun

    An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.

21. Meaning 21 · noun

    An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.

22. Meaning 22 · noun

    A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.

23. Meaning 23 · verb

    To remove the legs from an animal carcass.

24. Meaning 24 · verb

    To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.

25. Meaning 25 · verb

    To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.

26. Meaning 26 · verb

    To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').

How this word is used

• Everyday “{{ux|en|Insects have six legs.}”
• General “Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.”
• General “The left leg of these jeans has a tear.”
• General “the legs of a chair or table”
• General “This observation is an important leg of my argument.”
• General “After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.”
• General “This proposal has no legs. Almost everyone opposes it.”
• General “Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping drive through the leg fielders.”

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