limb
/lɪm/
verb
- To cut off the branches or limbs of a tree or animal.
- They had to limb the fallen tree before cutting it into logs.
- The gardener limbed the old apple tree to encourage new growth.
- The hunter limbed the deer to prepare it for transport.
noun
- An arm or leg of a person or animal.
- He broke his limb in a skiing accident.
- The frog's hind limbs are very strong for jumping.
- She stretched her limbs after sitting for hours.
- A large branch of a tree.
- Birds perched on the highest limb.
- The storm snapped a limb off the maple tree.
- A heavy limb of the oak tree hung over the roof.
- A projecting part of something, such as a mountain range or a mechanical device.
- The telescope's limb is the outer edge of the sun's disk.
- The western limb of the mountain range is less steep.
- The robot's mechanical limb moved with precision.