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Definition: Meaning of, leg in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / lɛɡ /

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leg legs
  1. body part [countable] one of the long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insect
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  2. meat [uncountable and countable] the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as food
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  3. furniture [countable] one of the upright parts that support a piece of furniture
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  4. clothing [countable] the part of your trousers that covers your leg
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  5. journey/race [countable] one part of a long journey or race
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  6. sport [countable] British English one of the series of games in a football competition played between two teams
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  7. not have a leg to stand on informal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say
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  8. get your leg over British English informal not polite to have sex with someone
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  9. have legs American English informal if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about it
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
leg legged legged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
legging legs
[British English] [informal]
  1. leg it to run in order to escape from someone or something
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leg used in phrases

  • animal leg (noun)
    1. the leg of an animal
  • bow leg (noun)
    1. outward curvature of the legs
  • chicken leg (noun)
    1. the lower joint of the leg of a chicken
  • double leg circle (noun)
    1. with legs together a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels
  • fine leg (noun)
    1. cricket a fielding position on the leg side, behind square and near the boundary; the fielder in that position
  • hind leg (noun)
    1. the back limb of a quadruped
  • inside leg (noun)
    1. measurement of a trouser length from the crotch down the inner seam to the bottom
  • leg before wicket (adjective)
    1. without first hitting the bat cricket way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's pads instead
  • leg bone (noun)
    1. a bone of the leg
  • leg bye (noun)
    1. cricket run scored by a batting side arising from the ball striking any part of the batsman's body without touching the bat; leg byes are recorded as extras and do not affect the batsman's individual score, and can only be scored if the batsman was genuinely attempting to play a shot
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