leg

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, verb
+ noun
part of body
1 [C] one of the long parts that connect the feet to the rest of the body: Sit on the floor, stretching your legs out in front of you. + I broke my leg playing football. + How many legs does a centipede have? + front / back legs + forelegs / hind legs + a wooden leg
See also - BOW LEGS, DADDY-LONG-LEGS, LEGGY, LEGROOM, PEG LEG, SEA LEGS
meat
2 [C, U] ~ (of sth) the leg of an animal, especially the top part, cooked and eaten: frogs' legs + chicken legs + roast leg of lamb
of trousers / pants
3 [C] the part of a pair of trousers/pants that covers the leg: a trouser / pant leg + These jeans are too long in the leg.
of table / chair
4 [C] one of the long thin parts on the bottom of a table, chair, etc. that support it: a chair / table leg
-legged
5 (in adjectives) having the number or type of legs mentioned: a three-legged stool + a long-legged insect
Help Note: When -legged is used with numbers, it is nearly always pronounced .
See also - CROSS-LEGGED
of journey / race
6 [C] ~ (of sth) one part of a journey or race: The final leg of the trip was by donkey. + The Spanish team won the third leg.
sports game
7 [C] one of a series of matches played between the same opponents in a sports competition
Idioms: break a leg! (spoken) used to wish sb good luck
get your leg over (BrE, informal) to have sex
not have a leg to stand on (informal) to be in a position where you are unable to prove sth or explain why sth is reasonable: Without written evidence, we don't have a leg to stand on.
more at ARM n., FAST adv., LAST adj., PULL v., SHAKE v., STRETCH v., TAIL n., TALK v.
See also - LEG-UP
+ verb
(-gg-)
Idioms: leg it (informal, especially BrE) to run, especially in order to escape from sb: We saw the police coming and legged it down the road.

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 limb, member, Colloq pin, peg, stump, Slang gam:

I have a touch of arthritis in my left leg.

2 support, brace, prop, upright, standard, column, pillar:

One of the legs of this table is about to collapse.

3 part, portion, segment, stretch, stage, section, length, lap:

The first leg of my journey passed without incident.

4 a leg up. boost, assistance, push, help, helping hand, advance, support, US and Canadian assist:

Let me give you a leg up over the wall. Gordon might give you a leg up in getting a job

5 leg it. run, hurry, hasten, scurry, Colloq scoot, skedaddle:

He legged it down the street to catch the bus.

6 not a leg to stand on. defenceless, unsupported, insupportable or unsupportable, indefensible, unjustifiable, untenable, invalid:

She insists she's right, but she hasn't got a leg to stand on.

7 on one's or its last legs. decrepit, failing, exhausted, dying, worn out, run-down, falling apart or to pieces, broken-down, the worse for wear; dilapidated, rickety, shabby, ramshackle, crumbling, tumbledown:

George looked as if he was on his last legs. My car is on its last legs

8 pull (someone's) leg. tease, mock, jeer at, taunt, gibe, make fun of, chaff, guy, fool, deceive, Chiefly Brit twit, Colloq rib, kid, rag:

We were just pulling his leg, but he took it seriously.

9 shake a leg.

(a) hurry (up), hasten, rush, Colloq get going or moving or cracking, look alive or lively:

You'll have to shake a leg to catch that train.

(b) dance, trip the light fantastic (toe), Slang hoof it, US cut a rug:

What do you say we go out and shake a leg tonight?

10 stretch one's legs. (take or go for a) walk, (take some) exercise:

After sitting for so long, I have to stretch my legs.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ part of the body

ADJ.

left, right | front | back, hind | long | short, stumpy | beautiful, good, shapely | muscled, muscular, powerful, strong | skinny, spindly, thin | fat | bandy | hairy | bare | artificial, wooden | bad, stiff | broken, fractured | lame, withered

He sat down with his lame leg outstretched.

| tired

She crossed the finish line on tired legs.

| fresh

They don't train the day before a match to ensure they have fresh legs.

| outstretched

VERB + LEG

bend | brace

He put his back against the car, braced his legs and pushed.

| straighten | cross

I moved the chair away from the table so I could cross my legs.

| splay, spread

They made him put his hands on the police car and spread his legs.

| extend, stretch (out)

She stretched her legs under the table. (figurative) It was good to get out of the car and stretch our legs (= walk about).

| lift

The dog lifted its leg against the lamp post.

| draw up, tuck under

She sat with her legs drawn up underneath her.

| kick | swing

She swung her legs over the side of the bed and reached for her crutches.

| entwine, tangle

They gazed at each other, their legs entwined under the table.

| break, injure | amputate

She had her leg amputated below the knee.

| shave

LEG + VERB

move

They ran together, their legs moving in unison.

| flail, kick

He jumped to avoid the flailing leg of the defender.

| pump

She started running, fat legs pumping.

| bend | buckle, give way

His legs buckled and he collapsed on the floor.

| shake, tremble | dangle, hang, swing

He sat with his legs dangling off the bridge.

| ache

LEG + NOUN

exercise | muscle | injury, pains, trouble, ulcer, wound | room

(also

legroom)

You don't get much legroom on economy-class flights.

PREP.

between the/your ~s

The dog sloped off, its tail between its legs.

| in the ~

He was shot in the leg by a sniper.

| on the/your ~

I've got a big bruise on my leg.

| on one ~

Many birds are able to stand on one leg for hours at a time.

PHRASES

(have, etc.) your leg in plaster

He was wheeled out of the hospital with his leg in plaster.

² of trousers

ADJ.

trouser

VERB + LEG

pull up, roll up

He rolled up his trouser legs.

| roll down

PHRASES

long/short in the leg

These jeans are too long in the leg.

³ of a journey/race

ADJ.

first, second, etc. | final, last | anchor

The fastest runner often runs the anchor leg (= the last one)of a relay.

| outbound | homeward

PREP.

on the … ~

At last we were on the homeward leg of our journey.

Concise English dictionary

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legs|legged|leggingleg
noun
+a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
+a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
+one of the supports for a piece of furniture
+a part of a forked or branching shape
+the limb of an animal used for food
+a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
+a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
+(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
+a section or portion of a journey or course