noun
1 part of the body
ADJECTIVE
▪ left , right
▪ front
▪ back , hind , rear
▪ lower , upper
▪
an injury to his upper ~
▪ long
▪ short , stumpy
▪ beautiful , good , shapely
▪ muscled , muscular , powerful , strong
▪ skinny , slender , spindly , thin
▪ fat
▪ bandy
▪ hairy
▪ bare
▪ artificial , prosthetic , wooden
▪ bad , stiff
▪ good
▪
I was able to stand on my good ~.
▪ hurt ( esp. AmE ), injured
▪ broken , fractured
▪ lame
▪
He sat down with his lame ~ outstretched.
▪ tired , weak
▪
She crossed the finish line on tired ~s.
▪ shaky , wobbly
▪
He rose to his feet on shaky ~s.
▪ outstretched
… OF LEGS
▪ pair
▪
a fine pair of ~s
VERB + LEG
▪ bend
▪ brace
▪
He put his back against the car, braced his ~s and pushed.
▪ straighten
▪ cross
▪
I moved the chair away from the table so I could cross my ~s.
▪ splay , spread
▪
They made him put his hands on the police car and spread his ~s.
▪ extend , stretch , stretch out
▪
She stretched her ~s under the table.
▪
It was good to get out of the car and stretch our ~s (= walk around) .
▪ lift
▪
The dog lifted its ~ against the lamp post.
▪ move
▪ draw up , tuck under
▪
She sat with her ~s drawn up underneath her.
▪ kick
▪ swing , throw
▪
She swung her ~s over the side of the bed and reached for her crutches.
▪ entwine , tangle , wrap
▪
They gazed at each other, their ~s entwined under the table.
▪ break , injure
▪ lose
▪
He lost a ~ in a motorcycle accident.
▪ amputate
▪
She had her ~ amputated below the knee.
▪ shave , wax
▪
I'm getting my ~s waxed tomorrow.
LEG + VERB
▪ move
▪
They ran together, their ~s moving in unison.
▪ flail , kick
▪
He jumped to avoid the flailing ~ of the defender.
▪ pump
▪
She started running, fat ~s pumping.
▪ bend
▪ buckle , give way
▪
His ~s buckled and he collapsed on the floor.
▪ shake , tremble
▪ dangle , hang , swing
▪
He sat with his ~s dangling off the bridge.
▪ ache
LEG + NOUN
▪ exercise
▪ muscle
▪ cramp , injury , pains , ulcer , wound
▪ room (usually legroom )
▪
You don't get much legroom on economy class.
▪ extensions
▪
Leg extensions use the quadriceps muscles to extend the knee.
PREPOSITION
▪ between the/your ~s
▪
The dog sloped off, its tail between its ~s.
▪ in the ~
▪
He was shot in the ~ by a sniper.
▪ on the/your ~
▪
I had a big bruise on my ~.
▪ on one ~
▪
Many birds are able to stand on one ~ for hours at a time.
PHRASES
▪ your ~ in a cast ( esp. AmE ), your ~ in plaster ( BrE )
▪
He was wheeled out of the hospital with his ~ in a cast/in plaster.
2 of trousers/pants
ADJECTIVE
▪ pant ( AmE ), trouser ( BrE )
VERB + LEG
▪ pull up , roll up
▪
He rolled up the ~s of his jeans.
▪ roll down
PHRASES
▪ long in the ~ , short in the ~
▪
These jeans are too long in the ~.
3 of a journey/race
ADJECTIVE
▪ first , second , etc.
▪ final , last
▪ anchor
▪
The fastest runner often runs the anchor ~ (= the last part) of a relay race.
▪ outbound
PREPOSITION
▪ on the … ~
▪
We were on the last ~ of our journey.