leg
/lɛɡ/
noun
- One of the limbs that a person or animal uses to stand and walk.
- She broke her leg while skiing and had to wear a cast for six weeks.
- He stretched his legs after sitting in the car for five hours.
- The dog lifted its leg to scratch behind its ear.
- A part of a piece of furniture that supports it and raises it off the floor.
- One of the table legs is shorter than the others, so it wobbles.
- She glued the broken leg back onto the sofa.
- The chair has four wooden legs carved with intricate patterns.
- A stage or part of a journey, race, or competition.
- The team won the first leg of the tournament but lost the second.
- The final leg of the race was the most challenging because of the steep hill.
- Our trip has three legs: a flight to London, a train to Paris, and a bus to Lyon.
- One of the sides of a pair of pants or trousers that covers a leg.
- The left leg of his jeans got torn when he climbed over the fence.
- The tailor shortened the legs of the trousers by two inches.
- She rolled up the legs of her sweatpants to keep them dry in the rain.
Synonyms
verb
- To walk or run quickly, especially over a distance.
- We had to leg it to the station to catch the last train.
- The kids legged it home before their parents got back.
- When the rain started, they legged it across the field to the shelter.