Limb

/lɪm/

Synonyms for "limb" (167 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Noun(10 words)

arm branch appendage appendages armsbody partbough boughsbranch of governmentbranches

ankle appendage arm bank bar bastardbayonet legsbeam bine board boom border bordure bough bowlegs branch branchedness branchiness brim brink

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brow burgeon calfcant hook

Strong matches (50)

claw barcnemis coast crank crow crowbar deadwood devil drumstick edge enervatedenfant terriblefeatheredge flagellum flange foreleg fork frame fringe frond

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gam gamb gambrel gigot ham hand handspike hemhind leghock impiron crowjamb jimmy joint knee labellum labium labrum ledge leg lever limbus

Verb(1 words)

delimb

Noun(6 words)

department division extremity feet flipperfrench fin

Related words (83)

link lip list lobe lobule marge margin marlinespike member mischief offshoot organ outrigger peavey pedal pinpinch barpinion poditepopliteal space

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prize pryragged edgeramage ramification rapscallion rascal rimripping barrogue runner sarment scalawag scamp scion scissor-legs selvage shank shin shoot shore side sideline skirt slip spar spear spray sprig sprit sprout spur stem stems stolon stumps sucker switch tail tarsus tendril thallus thigh treadle trotter trotters twig underpinnings verge villain wingwrecking bar

Noun(11 words)

membermember of groupokenfusspart of the bodyramos section tentacletree branchunit wings zweig

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

14 entries

appendage arcbody partborder branch edge extremity memberorganization partpart portion projectionsystem componenttree part

More specific

11 entries

arm bough branch department division forelimb hand hindlimb leg section unit

Collocations

5 entries

broken limblimb injurylimb lengthlower limbupper limb

Inflections

1 entries

limbs

Derivations

1 entries

limbless

Translations

18 translations across 12 languages.

Bulgarian

2 entries

разчленя verb (to remove limbs)
разчленявам verb (to remove limbs)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

支解 verb (to remove limbs)

Finnish

2 entries

karsia verb (to remove limbs)
rankoa verb (to remove limbs)

French

1 entries

démembrer verb (to remove limbs)

German

1 entries

zergliedern verb (to remove limbs)

Ingrian

1 entries

karsia verb (to remove limbs)

Japanese

1 entries

切り放す verb (to remove limbs)

Macedonian

1 entries

обесчле́нува verb (to remove limbs)

Polish

3 entries

rozczłonkowywać verb (to remove limbs)
usunąć gałęzie verb (to remove limbs)
ścinać gałęzie verb (to remove limbs)

Portuguese

2 entries

desgalhar verb (to remove limbs)
desmembrar verb (to remove limbs)

Russian

2 entries

расчлени́ть verb (to remove limbs)
расчленя́ть verb (to remove limbs)

Swedish

1 entries

kvista verb (to remove limbs)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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I'm not going out on a limb for you because you never helped me before.

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Tom Skeleton was shaking and trembling in every limb.

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Some of the photos have been taken at the risk of life and limb.

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I don't want to go out on a limb.

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