legless

«legless» in Mova's school dictionary: Having no legs: a legless lizard — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (legless)

meaning for a pupil

1) Having no legs: a legless lizard. tree →

2) (UK, slang) Very drunk, so drunk that a person cannot stand or walk properly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science a «legless lizard» or snakes are legless animals; it helps when sorting animals by body parts. In British and Irish everyday talk «legless» means badly drunk; in stories it shows a grown-up who drank far too much — a warning about alcohol.

examples

• A snake is a legless reptile. tree →
• The slow-worm is a legless lizard, not a snake. tree →
• Worms are legless, but they still move. tree →
• The old table stood legless in the garden. tree →
• (UK, slang) He got legless at the wedding and had to be taken home. tree →
• (slang) They were completely legless after the party. tree →
• Armless wanted to plunge in straightway, but Legless shrieked, "Wait, brother! tree →

note

Built from leg + -less («without»). The slang sense is only for adults drinking and is informal. In counting problems a legless animal adds 0 legs to the total.

In the corpora

• "Legless" is British slang for so drunk one cannot stand.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «legless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.