Noun

(en noun)

Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.

Tanya's breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.

The chest, or front of the human thorax.

* 1798 , (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast , For he heard the loud bassoon.

A section of clothing covering the breast area.

The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.

She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.

* Shakespeare

He has a loyal breast .

The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.

The robin has a red breast .

A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.

Would you like breast or wing?

The front or forward part of anything.

a chimney breast'''; a plough '''breast

* Milton

Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.

(mining) The face of a coal working.

(mining) The front of a furnace.

(obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.

* Shakespeare

By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast .

Noun

(en noun)

The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.

Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.

(anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.

The left leg of these jeans has a tear.

A stage of a journey, race etc.

After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.

(nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.

(nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.

(sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.

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One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.

(geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.

A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.

the legs of a chair or table

(usually used in plural) evidence, the ability of a thing or idea to stick around or persist

(UK, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.

In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

(cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.