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limbs

The correct spelling is limbs.

How to pronounce limbs

/lɪmz/
noun

IPA: /lɪmz/

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The correct spelling is limbs. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). For example: "They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs."

Usage Examples

They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.

solar limb

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
  2. 2.A branch of a tree.
  3. 3.The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
  4. 4.An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
  5. 5.A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

verb

  1. 1.To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
  2. 2.To supply with limbs.

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