leg

noun27

1. •
   a part of the body that supports a person or an animal and lets them move around on land

   • Insects have six legs.
2. •
   In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.

   • Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
3. •
   The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
4. •
   A stage of a journey, race etc.

   • After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
5. •
   A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
6. •
   One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
7. •
   A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
8. •
   A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
9. •
   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.
10. •
    (figurative) Something that supports.

    • This observation is an important leg of my argument.
11. •
    A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.

    • The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
12. •
    [usually plural] The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.

    • This proposal has no legs. Almost everyone opposes it.
13. •
    One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
14. •
    One of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle.
15. •
    An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
16. •
    An individual bet in a parlay (a series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward).

    • If one leg from your 2-way parlay pushes and the other wins, your parlay bet wins and is paid off as if it's a straight bet (paying -110 or whatever the odds were). — 2020
17. •
    [before a noun] Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.

    • Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping drive through the leg fielders.
18. •
    A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
19. •
    A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
20. •
    (US, slang) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.

    • Which was lower than whale shit in the eyes of any paratrooper; it would have been a disgrace to be a leg. — 2019
21. •
    One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
22. •
    Synonym of leg up (“forming a step for a person's feet with one's hands”).

    • The street was deserted. We acted quickly. Josiah gave me a leg. I threw my jacket over the broken glass […] — 1902
23. •
    A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.

    • A leg is one column of a story. It has two legs if it is set in two columns and three legs if it is set in three columns. Avoid legs longer than 10 inches and shorter than 1 inch. — 2015
24. •
    In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
25. •
    (slang, no longer used) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
26. •
    (slang, no longer used) Synonym of blackleg (“a gambling cheat”).
27. •
    (no longer used) A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.

    • Hickman came in, making his legs, and stroking his cravat and ruffles. — 1748

verb5

1. •
   To thrust up or raise via the legs; to give a leg-up to.

   • I was led along to a big lanky thing, and with my heart thumping I was legged on to his back. — 1933
2. •
   To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
3. •
   To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
4. •
   To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
5. •
   To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.

adjective2

1. •
   Abbreviation of legal.
2. •
   Abbreviation of legislative.

adverb1

1. •
   Abbreviation of legato.

noun4

1. •
   (informal) Clipping of legend.

   • You're such a leg., mate!
2. •
   (Canada) Clipping of legislature.

   • One argument made a lot in the leg. was that the bill would simplify voting.
3. •
   Abbreviation of legislation.
4. •
   Abbreviation of legate.