Limb

What “Limb” means

Noun

1. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
2. A branch of a tree.
3. The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
5. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

Verb

1. To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
2. To supply with limbs.
3. To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs

Noun

1. The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
2. The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
3. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.

From Latin limbus (“border”).

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Industries where “Limb” fits

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• Tree Service