limb: Meaning and Definition of

limb

1. a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs.
2. a large or main branch of a tree.
3. a projecting part or member: the four limbs of a cross.
4. a person or thing regarded as a part, member, branch, offshoot, or scion of something: a limb of the central committee.
5. the upper or lower part of a bow.
6. a mischievous child, imp, or young scamp.
7. in a dangerous or compromising situation; vulnerable: The company overextended itself financially and was soon out on a limb.

1. to cut the limbs from (a felled tree).

limb

1. the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.
2. the graduated edge of a quadrant or similar instrument.
1. the upper spreading part of a gamopetalous corolla.
2. the expanded portion of a petal, sepal, or leaf.