Word

leg, n.
(legs)
freq. cnt. 85

a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 75 freq. cnt.: 75

leg

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

leggy

semantic pointers

part holonym

body, organic structure

part meronym

peroneal vein, fibular vein, vena peroneus saphenous vein, vena saphena tibial vein, vena tibialis crus thigh shank shin foot, human foot, pes sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus saphenous nerve, nervus saphenus knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis tibialis, tibialis muscle, musculus tibialis leg bone fibula, calf bone shinbone, tibia, shin bone, shin knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga

hypernym

limb

hyponym

pin, peg, stick bowleg, bow leg, bandyleg, bandy leg, genu varum, tibia vara shank's mare, shanks' mare, shank's pony, shanks' pony spindlelegs, spindleshanks

a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

leg

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

leggy

semantic pointers

hyponym

prehensor animal leg

hypernym

limb

part meronym

vertebrate foot, pedal extremity

one of the supports for a piece of furniture
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

leg

semantic pointers

part holonym

chair cot, camp bed four-poster grand piano, grand hospital bed table tripod spinning wheel

hypernym

support

a part of a forked or branching shape
<noun.shape> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

branch leg ramification

sample sentences

"he broke off one of the branches"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

branchy branch

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ramify ramify

semantic pointers

hypernym

subfigure

part holonym

furcation, forking

hyponym

bifurcation brachium fork, crotch

a section or portion of a journey or course
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

leg stage

sample sentences

"then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

semantic pointers

hypernym

travel, traveling, travelling

part holonym

journey, journeying

hyponym

fare-stage

(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
<noun.act>

leg

semantic pointers

hypernym

distance, length

domain of synset (topic)

sailing, seafaring, navigation

a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
<noun.artifact>

leg

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

leggy

semantic pointers

hypernym

cloth covering

part meronym

cuff, turnup foot knee

part holonym

trousers, pant, pair of trousers

hyponym

pant leg, trouser leg

a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

leg peg pegleg wooden leg

semantic pointers

hypernym

prosthesis, prosthetic device

the limb of an animal used for food
<noun.food>

leg

semantic pointers

hypernym

cut, cut of meat

hyponym

ham hock leg of lamb, gigot