inglese > italiano | |
leg | |
1. gamba, zampa | |
inglese > inglese | |
leg | |
1. subst. The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. subst. (anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. subst. A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The left leg of these jeans has a tear. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. subst. A stage of a journey, race etc. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
5. subst. (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
6. subst. (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
7. subst. (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
8. subst. (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
9. subst. (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
10. subst. A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
the legs of a chair or table | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
11. subst. (usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
12. subst. (slang) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
13. subst. An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also wat | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
14. subst. In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
15. subst. (cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
16. subst. (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
17. subst. (electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
18. subst. (US, slang) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
19. v. To remove the legs from an animal carcass. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
20. v. To build legs onto a platform or stage for support. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
21. v. To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
22. v. To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse'). | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
23. subst. abbreviation of legislature | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
One argument made a lot in the leg was that the bill would simplify voting. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
24. adj. abbreviation of legislative | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The party wants to tackle social issues in the next leg term. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
italiano > inglese | |
gamba | |
1. subst. leg | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. subst. leg (from knee to ankle), shank | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. subst. leg (of furniture) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. subst. stroke (of a letter) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |