leg

leg
leg1 W1S1 [leg] n
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1¦(body part)¦
2¦(meat)¦
3¦(furniture)¦
4¦(clothing)¦
5¦(journey/race)¦
6¦(sport)¦
7 not have a leg to stand on
8 get your leg over
9 have legs
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[Date: 1200-1300; : Old Norse; Origin: leggr]
1.) ¦(BODY PART)¦
one of the long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insect
▪ a young boy with skinny legs
▪ She fell and broke her leg.
four-legged/long-legged etc
▪ four-legged animals
2.) ¦(MEAT)¦ [U and C]
the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as food
▪ roast leg of lamb
↑arm, ↑cushion, ↑leg
3.) ¦(FURNITURE)¦
one of the upright parts that support a piece of furniture
▪ One of the legs on the table was a bit wobbly.
▪ a chair leg
▪ a three-legged stool
4.) ¦(CLOTHING)¦
the part of your trousers that covers your leg
▪ The legs of my jeans were covered in mud.
▪ He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.
5.) ¦(JOURNEY/RACE)¦
one part of a long journey or race
leg of
▪ the final leg of the Tour de France
6.) ¦(SPORT)¦ BrE
one of the series of games in a football competition played between two teams
▪ Leeds will have to win the second leg if they are to go forward to the finals.
7.) not have a leg to stand on informal
to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say
▪ If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.
8.) get your leg over
BrE informal not polite to have sex with someone
9.) have legs
AmE informal if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about it
→on its last legs at ↑last1 (9), on your last legs at ↑last1 (8), pull sb's leg at ↑pull1 (11), ↑leg-pull, ↑leg-up, ↑peg leg, ↑sea legs
→shake a leg at ↑shake1 (9)
→show a leg at ↑show1 (23)
→stretch your legs at ↑stretch1 (7)
leg 2
leg2 v past tense and past participle legged present participle legging
BrE informal
leg it
to run in order to escape from someone or something
▪ We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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