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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "limb"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—, āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻž

an arm or a leg of a person or any four-legged animal, or a wing of any bird
limb definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Birds rely on their powerful limb muscles to take flight and soar through the sky.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻĒ⧇āĻļā§€āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āϭ⧇āϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻĄāĻžāϞ, āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻž

a large branch or main division growing from the trunk or bough of a tree
limb definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He climbed onto a low limb to pick the fruit.
āϏ⧇ āĻĢāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻĄāĻžāϞ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—, āωāĻĒāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—

any structure or projection resembling a human arm or leg in form or function
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The statue 's missing limb was later restored.
āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ, āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ

the curved or graduated edge of an instrument used for measuring angles, such as a sextant or astrolabe
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The limb of the instrument was marked in degrees.
āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§, āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻž

either of the two flexible arms of a bow extending from the handle to the tip
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He replaced the limb to restore balance.
āϏ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ, āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

the apparent edge or boundary of the visible disc of a celestial body, such as the sun, moon, or planet
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A bright flare appeared on the solar limb.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻĢā§āϞ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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