limb

1. n. A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch. Source: opted

2. n. An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal. Source: opted

3. n. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. Source: opted

4. n. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. Source: opted

5. v. t. To supply with limbs. Source: opted

6. v. t. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of. Source: opted

7. n. A border or edge, in certain special uses. Source: opted

8. n. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade. Source: opted

9. n. The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon. Source: opted

10. n. The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles. Source: opted

11. n. one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper Source: wordnet

12. n. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree Source: wordnet

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