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Synonyms for limbs

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lim
Phonetic Transcription : lɪm

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Définition of limbs

Origin :
  • "part or member," Old English lim "limb, joint, main branch of a tree," from Proto-Germanic *limu- (cf. Old Norse limr "limb," lim "small branch of a tree"), a variant of *liþu- (cf. Old English liþ, Old Frisian lith, Old Norse liðr, Gothic liþus "a limb;" and with prefix ga-, source of German Glied "limb, member"), from PIE root *lei- "to bend, be movable, be nimble." The parasitic -b began to appear late 1500s for no etymological reason (perhaps by influence of limb (n.2)). In Old and Middle English, and until lately in dialects, it could mean "any visible body part."
  • The lymmes of generacion were shewed manyfestly. [Caxton, "The subtyl historyes and fables of Esope, Auyan, Alfonce, and Poge," 1484]
  • Hence, limb-lifter "fornicator" (1570s). To go out on a limb in figurative sense "enter a risky situation" is from 1897. Life and limb in reference to the body inclusively is from c.1200.
  • noun appendage
Example sentences :
  • Finally his limbs straightened, and became perfectly rigid and motionless.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • When he wakened the aches were gone from his limbs, and his mind was a happy blank.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I had to walk as fast as I could, and exercise my limbs all I could, in order to keep warm.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Even as he held it up for all of them to see, his limbs began to jerk and stiffen.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • In short, there were creatures in which were combined the limbs of every species of animals.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • But his limbs were strong and active, and well accustomed to exercise.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • His feelings were habitually manifested by the agitation of his limbs.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • We moved with difficulty, and I found my limbs so stiff as to be scarcely manageable.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The blood trickled from his forehead; he complained of pains in his side and limbs.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It is amazing that any mortal beings can journey on limbs so small!
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Antonyms for limbs

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