Definition/Meaning of limb

• English - Noun: limb (plural limbs) A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm , leg or wing ). c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London:…
• English - Verb: limb (third-person singular simple present limbs, present participle limbing, simple past and past participle limbed) (transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree). They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs. (transitive) To supply with limbs. 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English lyme , lim , from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb . Etymology 2. From Latin limbus (“border”).
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /lɪm/ Rhymes: -ɪm Homophone: limn Homophone: Lymm Homophone: limn Homophone: Lymm Homophone: limn
• English - Synonyms: bough delimb