leg

leg is on the Basic English 850 List.

left - leg - let

leg is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

left - leg - less

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /lɛg/

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Noun

Singular leg

Plural legs

1. (countable) Your legs are the two long parts of your body that you move to walk, or a similar body part on an animal.

   I lost a leg in the war.

   The footballer broke a leg during the game.

   The bus stopped and everybody went out to stretch their legs.

2. (countable) A leg is part of a piece of furniture, such as a table, on which the furniture stands.

   I can see an ant crawling up the leg of the table.

3. (countable) A leg is part of a tour or journey.

   The band had to cancel the German leg of their European tour.

Related words and phrases

• limb
• extremity
• appendage
• an arm and a leg

Parts of the leg (edit)

hip - thigh - knee - shin - calf

Parts of the body (edit)
head	ears - eyes - eyebrow - nose - mouth - lips - tongue - tooth (pl. teeth) - cheeks - chin
torso	neck - throat - shoulders - chest - breasts - ribs - abdomen - pelvis - back
internal organs	heart - lungs - liver - stomach - kidneys - intestines - bladder - ovaries - uterus/womb
extremities	arms - hands - fingers - legs - feet - toes
sex organs	penis - vagina - testicle - ovary - vulva