Leg
noun
- 1.
- (One of the projecting parts of an animal's body, this as food, either of the two lower limbs of the human body, an artificial replacement of this, anything resembling a leg in shape or use, any of the stages of a journey, a single stage) ជើង (សត្វ), leg of a dog table trousers ជើង, leg of a triangle ជ្រុង, leg of a journey ដំណាក់
verb — past tense: legged ; past participle: legged ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To walk or run. -not have a leg to stand on lack a valid basis for one's argument or attitude. -pull one's leg make fun of, tease. -shake a leg hurry up. -stretch one's leg take a walk, get some needed exercise. -leg it walk rapidly ទៅដោយជើង, his legs quaked under him ព្ញារជើង, to stand on one's own legs ទីពឹងខ្លួនឯង, to pull a person's leg ក្លែងជន្លជន្លេញគេលេង, to give leg tail លួចរត់ទៅ, គេចបាត់ទៅ, on one's legs កំពុងនិយាយ, on its last leg កំពុងរលំរលាយ, ស្លាប់ without a leg to stand on គ្មានទីពឹង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.
- 2.
- That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers.
- 3.
- The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
- 4.
- A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
- 5.
- A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
- 6.
- The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
- 7.
- An extension of the 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.
- 8.
- The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
- 9.
- A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
- 10.
- Either side of a triangle of a triangle as distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of a curve, as of a hyperbola.
- 11.
- A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- 12.
- A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
verb — past tense: legged ; past participle: legged ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To use as a leg, with it as object
- 1.
- To bow
- 2.
- To run