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Limb
01
membre
an arm or a leg of a person or any four-legged animal, or a wing of any bird
Exemples
The athlete injured his limb during the race and had to withdraw from the competition.
L'athlète s'est blessé à un membre pendant la course et a dû se retirer de la compétition.
Birds rely on their powerful limb muscles to take flight and soar through the sky.
Les oiseaux comptent sur leurs puissants muscles des membres pour prendre leur envol et planer dans le ciel.
02
a large branch or main division growing from the trunk or bough of a tree
Exemples
A heavy limb broke off during the storm.
He climbed onto a low limb to pick the fruit.
03
any structure or projection resembling a human arm or leg in form or function
Exemples
The robot 's metal limb moved smoothly.
The statue 's missing limb was later restored.
04
the curved or graduated edge of an instrument used for measuring angles, such as a sextant or astrolabe
Exemples
The navigator adjusted the limb of his sextant.
The limb of the instrument was marked in degrees.
05
either of the two flexible arms of a bow extending from the handle to the tip
Exemples
The bow 's upper limb cracked during tensioning.
He replaced the limb to restore balance.
06
the apparent edge or boundary of the visible disc of a celestial body, such as the sun, moon, or planet
Exemples
The eclipse began at the moon 's eastern limb.
A bright flare appeared on the solar limb.
Arbre Lexical
limbic
limbless
limb
