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.

Noun

(en noun)

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

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A part of a document.

An act or instance of cutting.

A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).

# (aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.

(surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.

(sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.

(senseid) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.

An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.

(military) A group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.

(category theory) A right inverse.

(NZ) A piece of residential land usually a quarter of an acre in size; a plot.

(label) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.