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leg | veg |

As nouns the difference between leg and veg

is that leg is the lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle while veg is vegetable.

As verbs the difference between leg and veg

is that leg is to put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market while veg is to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest.

As an adjective veg is

vegetarian.

leg

English

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Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

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.

    • Derived terms

    * a leg to stand on * foreleg * get one's leg over * hind leg * leg break * leg-breaker * leggy * leg it * legroom * legs eleven * legwork * make a leg * pull someone's leg * shake a leg * show a bit of leg * show a leg * stretch one's legs

    See also

    * ankle * arm * buttocks * calf * crus * elbow * foot * hip * joint * knee * lap * limb * shank * shin * thick * thigh * vertebra

    Verb

    (legg)
  • To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
  • To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
  • To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.

    • Derived terms

    * leg it

    Anagrams

    * *

    References

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    veg

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened form of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • vegetarian
  • * '>citation
    • The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (colloquial) vegetable.
  • * 2002 , Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 [http://www.google.com/patents?id=spsQAAAAEBAJ], page 5,
    • Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs , oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes,
  • * '>citation
    • meals of meat and three veg were mostly the same three veg , beans peas potatoes, or peas carrots potatoes.
    Usage notes
    * In colloquial speech this is usually pluralized simply as "veg." * In writing this may or may not be followed by a period to mark it as an abbreviation.
    Synonyms
    * veggie
    Derived terms
    * meat and two veg

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (colloquial) to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest
    • After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.
  • * '>citation
    • And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.
    Related terms
    * veg out

    Etymology 2

    Coined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(195304)66%3A2%3C304%3AANCTVS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.

    • Anagrams

    * ----