Definition of "limb" in English

noun

1. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

2. A branch of a tree.

3. (archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

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

6. Ellipsis of limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).

verb

1. (transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).

   • They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.

2. (transitive) To supply with limbs.

3. (transitive) To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs

   • Brian limbed Roger over at the Beahive last night.

noun

1. (astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.

   • the solar limb

2. (on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.

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