Definition of Limb

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Definition of Limb

Limb

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.

A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

To supply with limbs.

To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.

A border or edge, in certain special uses.

The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.

The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.

The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.

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Limb Quotations

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
Will Rogers

First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf.
Martin Luther

For me, the safest place is out on a limb.
Shirley MacLaine

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is.
Shirley MacLaine

His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him!
Richard Harris Barham

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.
Saul Bellow

A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.
Elias Canetti

The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility are exactly like those of the splinters applied to a broken limb in surgery.
William Falconer

On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb.
Siobhan Davies

Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable.
Peter Farrelly

Limb Translations

limb in Afrikaans is lid
limb in Danish is medlem
limb in Dutch is lid, lidmaat
limb in French is membre
limb in German is Glied
limb in Italian is membro
limb in Norwegian is lem
limb in Portuguese is membro
limb in Spanish is miembro

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