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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#m1)

2) A limb is a large branch of a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#m2)

3) «Out on a limb» means alone, with an idea others do not support. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x1)
- A starfish can grow back a lost limb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x2)
- Don't climb on that dead limb of the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x3)
- He has an artificial limb after an accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x4)
- The storm broke a limb off the oak tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x5)
- My limbs ached after swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x6)
- She went out on a limb to help him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x7)
- My broken limb should excite your pity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/40-counting-legs-arms-wings-and-tails/8/)
- [Never cut a bite, suck out venom or tie a tight cord around the limb.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/16/)
- [In Australia, a firm pressure bandage and keeping the limb still is the first aid for snake and funnel-web spider bites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «limb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.