What is the difference between legwork and leg?
legwork | leg | Derived terms |
Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.
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Skillful or vigorous use of the legs, as in dance or sports.
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The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
(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.
A stage of a journey, race etc.
(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.
(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.
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.
Legwork is a derived term of leg.
As nouns the difference between legwork and leg
is that legwork is work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort while leg is the lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.As a verb leg is
to put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.legwork
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Alternative forms
* leg work, leg-workNoun
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- In addition to spreading more information, brokers are going to have to do some leg work to get new customers.
What the world has done right on SARS," Christian Science Monitor , 1 May (retrieved 5 Jan. 2009):
- The worldwide effort has already revealed several valuable lessons [including] . . . the use of old-fashioned legwork in tracking down people who may unknowingly carry a virus.
- John did all the legwork . He had the invitations printed and mailed. He found speakers.
Atalanta and Yale Race: An English expert criticizes the crews of Yale and Harvard," New York Times , 11 May, p. 20 (retrieved 5 Jan 2009):
- "Watriss, No. 3, is rowing well. . . . His leg work is very fair."
- Fancy legwork and jumping rope will get you in great shape.
See also
* groundworkleg
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(en noun)- Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
- The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
- After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
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- the legs of a chair or table