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Word: Leg
Speech Type: Verb
lɛɡ
travel by foot; walk
Short Definition:travel by foot
Examples:- I am part of a team legging it around London
propel (a boat) through a tunnel on a canal by pushing with one's legs against the tunnel roof or sides
Short Definition:propel (boat) through canal tunnel
Examples:- a little boy was lying on his back, legging the boat along
Word: Leg
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (superseding shank): from Old Norse leggr (compare with Danish læg ‘calf (of the leg)’), of Germanic origin
lɛɡ
each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands
Short Definition:lower limb
Examples:- Adams broke his leg
- he was off as fast as his legs would carry him
- a leg injury
each of the supports of a chair, table, or other structure
Short Definition:support of chair etc.
Examples:- table legs
- the house was set on legs
a section or stage of a journey or process
Short Definition:stage of journey
Examples:- the return leg of his journey
a branch of a forked object.
Short Definition:branch of forked object
the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) away from which the batter's feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball
Short Definition:half of field
Examples:- he played a lucky stroke to leg
a deferential gesture made by drawing back one leg and bending it while keeping the front leg straight.
Short Definition:deferential gesture
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