THIGH


Meaning of THIGH in English

ˈthī noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English thigh, thie, from Old English thēoh, thīoh; akin to Old High German dioh thigh, Old Norse thjō buttock, Middle Irish tōn buttocks, Old Slavic tukŭ fat, Sanskrit tavīti he is strong — more at thumb

1.

a. : the proximal segment of the vertebrate hind limb extending from the hip to the knee and supported by a single large bone — compare femur

b. : the segment of the leg immediately distal to the thigh in a bird or in a quadruped in which the true thigh is obscured by skin or feathers or by its position in relation to the trunk — see cow illustration

c. : the femur of the leg of an insect

2. : something resembling or covering a thigh

the ground … fell back from the thigh of his moldboard — Stuart Cloete

rubbed his oily hands on the thighs of his pants — Thomas Anderson

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