LIMB


Meaning of LIMB in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ long

▪ short

▪ slender , thin

▪ flailing

Two arms reached around her flailing ~s.

▪ powerful , strong

▪ bare , naked

▪ broken , injured

▪ sore

▪ stiff

I eased my stiff ~s into the hot bath.

▪ tired , weary ( esp. BrE )

▪ amputated , severed

▪ missing

The missing ~ did not lessen the quality of the cat's life.

▪ artificial , prosthetic

▪ phantom

sensations felt in phantom ~s after amputation

▪ lower , upper

▪ hind

The animal is able to stand up on its hind ~s.

VERB + LIMB

▪ amputate , sever

▪ lose

people who have lost ~s in battle

▪ stretch

I stretched my ~s lazily as I sat up.

LIMB + NOUN

▪ development , growth

▪ amputation

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