limb

«limb» in Mova's school dictionary: an arm or a leg — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (limb, limbs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A limb is an arm or a leg. tree →

2) A limb is a large branch of a tree. tree →

3) «Out on a limb» means alone, with an idea others do not support. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons humans have four limbs (two arms and two legs); animals use limbs to walk, swim, fly or climb; some animals like lizards and starfish can regrow lost limbs. In safety lessons do not climb on weak tree limbs. In stories a character trembles in every limb. Phrases: arms and limbs, lose a limb, artificial limb, out on a limb, risk life and limb.

examples

• Humans have four limbs. tree →
• A starfish can grow back a lost limb. tree →
• Don't climb on that dead limb of the tree. tree →
• He has an artificial limb after an accident. tree →
• The storm broke a limb off the oak tree. tree →
• My limbs ached after swimming. tree →
• She went out on a limb to help him. tree →
• My broken limb should excite your pity. tree →

note

The «b» is silent: say «lim». Same in «climb», «comb», «thumb», «lamb». Countable noun (limbs). The body without limbs and head is the trunk.

In the corpora

• A squid or cuttlefish has eight arms plus two longer tentacles with suckers only on their wide tips, ten limbs in all.
• Never cut a bite, suck out venom or tie a tight cord around the limb.
• In Australia, a firm pressure bandage and keeping the limb still is the first aid for snake and funnel-web spider bites.

Trees and pragmatics

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