leg1 nounleg2 verb
legleg1 /leɡ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINleg
Origin:
1200-1300 Old Norse leggrEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A spider has 8 legs.
- a table leg
- Angie broke her leg skiing.
- Here, pull up your pant legs and let me see if your knees are hurt.
- the second leg of the Rolling Stones' U.S. tour
- Another screaming beast collapsed on broken hind legs.
- Breathing through his mouth, he manipulated his probe between her legs.
- Officers then shot Mao in the leg several times and he collapsed.
- Raise the leg a fraction higher and repeat this tiny movement 15 times, holding each raise for 1 second.
- The hen with yellow legs in his room on his documents and books was too much one day.
- The men looked pensive as the carriage approached the final leg of the trip to the big house on the hill.
- When this can expand no further, it splits and is rolled off, like a nylon stocking from a leg.
Longman Language Activatorextremely expensive
especially spoken, informal if something costs a fortune , it is very expensive: · What a beautiful car - it must have cost a fortune.cost somebody a fortune: · We had to eat out every night - it ended up costing us a fortune.cost a fortune to do something: · It'll cost a fortune to get that old car of his repaired.cost an absolute fortune: · The hotel was great, but it cost an absolute fortune.
British informal to be very expensive: · I can't imagine how she affords to send her kids to that school - it must cost a bomb.· Good shoes needn't cost the earth.cost somebody a bomb/the earth: · The divorce cost me a bomb.
a price or cost that is astronomical is extremely high: · The painting was sold for an astronomical price.· Tuition at private universities has become astronomical.
spoken to be very expensive: · That carpet must have cost an arm and a leg.cost somebody an arm and a leg: · Getting good health insurance these days costs an arm and a leg.
to pretend that something is true as a joke informal to say something that is not true as a joke: · When he asked me to marry him I wasn't sure whether he was joking or being serious.just/only kidding: · "You're just kidding, right Mom?" Joe asked anxiously.· Don't get mad - I was only joking!are you kidding?/you're kidding! (=say this when you think someone is joking): · You're kidding. You mean it only rains once a year there?· "They wanted $425 just for the room." "Are you kidding?"no kidding (=say this to show you are serious): · It was the best pizza I've ever eaten, no kidding.no kidding? (=say this when you think someone could be joking): · She's only sixteen? No kidding? She looks twenty-five.
if you say something jokingly you say it to amuse people, and do not really mean it seriously: · Braden jokingly refers to her daughter as "the demon."
British /you're putting me on American spoken say this when you think someone is trying to make you believe something that is not true: · Come on, you guys, you're putting me on, right?· He makes £80,000 a year? You're having me on.
informal to try to make someone believe something that is not true, as a friendly joke: · Is all this really true, or are you pulling my leg?· You don't really have to buy tickets. I was just pulling your leg.
British to say something that is untrue, or do or say something to deliberately annoy someone, as a joke: · I was only winding you up - don't take it so seriously!
to make fun of someone or something to make someone or something seem stupid by making jokes about them: · They made fun of the girls and their new outfits.· You shouldn't make fun of other people's beliefs.· Peter didn't seem to realize that they were making fun of him.
to make fun of someone or something, especially in an unkind way: · The other kids poked fun at him, saying his mother dressed him like a girl.· His plays ingeniously poked fun at the way the Communist Party corrupted language.
to make jokes about someone when you talk to them, either in an unkind way, or in a friendly way that shows you like them: · Sam's sisters used to tease him because he was overweight.· Don't get upset, Stuart, she's only teasing.tease somebody about something: · Kevin's always teasing me about my cooking.
informal to make fun of someone in a friendly way by telling something that is not true: · Did Ronnie really call or are you just pulling my leg?pull sb's leg about: · Don't worry. I was just pulling your leg about moving - I'm not going anywhere.
to repeatedly say unpleasant things to someone that show you do not respect them, in order to make them angry or upset: · She went on taunting him until he lost his temper.· When I didn't want to fight he would taunt me repeatedly. "Coward," he would say, "coward, coward, coward ...."taunt somebody about something: · He couldn't forget how they had taunted him about his appearance.
a book, film, or performance that sends up a group or person makes fun of them by copying them in a very funny way: send up somebody: · Gibson's new play brilliantly sends up the upper classes and their attitudes.send somebody up: · Half the time, he uses his act to send himself up.
to show by your unpleasant attitude or remarks that you do not have a high opinion of someone or what they do: · Instead of helping, they just sat and sneered.sneer at: · He wanted to prove something to the critics who had sneered at his paintings.
to make fun of a person, institution, belief etc, and show that you do not have a high opinion of them, sometimes in a friendly way: · Liz mocked him, saying that he was a coward.· The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.· "Ooh, aren't you clever!" she mocked.· You mustn't mock -- it's not their fault they don't know much about art.
British informal to make someone look stupid, in either a friendly or unfriendly way, for example by saying something you do not mean or by copying their behaviour: · Just ignore him - he's just taking the mickey.· "You're a genius - you should go on one of those quiz shows!" "Are you taking the mickey?"take the mickey out of: · They're always taking the mickey out of each other, but they're good friends really.
informal to make fun of someone - some people consider this expression to be rude: · I didn't mean it - I was only taking the piss.take the piss out of: · The show takes the piss out of virtually everyone, from politicians to eco-warriors.
someone who talks a lot or too much someone who is talkative talks a lot: · The wine was making her more relaxed and talkative.· Somehow I always end up alone in a room with my talkative aunt.
liking to talk a lot in a friendly way: · Nobles is a chatty, energetic 55-year-old.· The nurses at the hospital were pleasant and chatty, and they made me feel less nervous.
informal someone, especially a child, who talks a lot in a friendly way: · Cathy's a real chatterbox - she's very friendly, but all that talking can wear you out.
British /talks a blue streak American informal to talk a lot without stopping: · Once old Mulrooney got started there was no stopping him - that man could talk the hind leg off a donkey.· Annie had had too much to drink and was talking a blue streak.
someone who likes talking about other people's private lives and behaviour: · Don't tell him anything private - he's a terrible gossip.· The town gossips had been spreading rumours about Bruce for months.
WORD SETSaerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
four-legged animals He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES We sat cross-legged on the floor. Johnny ran off as fast as his legs could carry him (=running as quickly as he could). He fractured his right leg during training. Sarah sat on the floor, hugging her knees. He hurt his knee playing football. a leg of lamb She lifted her hand to knock on the door once again. Pam lifted her shoulders in a little shrug. He stretched out his long legs. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her. I felt awful yesterday. But, thankfully, I’ve found my sea legs now. She shaved her legs and underarms. He had been shot in the back while trying to escape. He has long thin hands. One of them tied her hands behind her back. A hand touched her on the shoulder. the first leg of the band’s European tour (=the first part of it)
four-legged animals He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.· The chair leg has broken.
(=have a price that is much too high)· A skiing holiday needn’t cost you an arm and a leg.
We sat cross-legged on the floor. Johnny ran off as fast as his legs could carry him (=running as quickly as he could). He fractured his right leg during training. (=the one that is not damaged) He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm.
He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm. Sarah sat on the floor, hugging her knees. He hurt his knee playing football.· He suffered a shoulder injury while playing rugby.
(=one part of a journey)· We set off on the final leg of our journey.
a leg of lamb She lifted her hand to knock on the door once again. Pam lifted her shoulders in a little shrug. He stretched out his long legs. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.· What is his waist measurement?
· Her leg muscles ached after the run.
She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her. (=space for your legs or head in a vehicle)
I felt awful yesterday. But, thankfully, I’ve found my sea legs now. She shaved her legs and underarms. He had been shot in the back while trying to escape. (=with your legs bent and crossed over in front of you)· She sat cross-legged on the grass.
He has long thin hands. One of them tied her hands behind her back. A hand touched her on the shoulder. the first leg of the band’s European tour (=the first part of it)· The victim died of chest wounds.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· He already travels with a corset for his back problems and leg strapping.· She heard the click of the gate; then nothing, except the crickets rubbing their back legs together in the grass.· His big rough hands snip and snip-ears, a tail, back legs.· In other chairs the arm is integral to the front and back legs, and must be fitted at an earlier stage.· A black horse was galloping down it, frisking his back legs like a colt.· Leaning over for balance, take hold of your front ankle and raise the back leg.· Make sure the hip is twisted and the back leg locked straight, while leaning forward and punching to the groin.
· He had a bad leg and they kept on at him to hurry up.· A sweetheart, this little lady, not bad legs either.· For Joshua, at sixty-two, and suffering from a bad leg, distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance.· Kevin Johnson played only 26 minutes while hobbling on a bad leg.· A bad leg confined her to her room, but she still managed to control the house and beyond that the estates.· He was trying to climb up a brick wall, but he's got a bad leg.· Pleased to hear you can ride bareback standing on your bad leg.
· He received serious head injuries and a broken leg in the collision on the B1278 near Segefield Hospital.· Graham was a pioneer rock and winter climber before a broken leg turned him to sailing.· The wooden trolley has a broken leg. 4.· His career has been hampered by injury, most noticeably a broken leg in 1983.· But trainer Hannon said any stiffness would have had no connection with the broken leg which led to Mr Brooks' death.· One has a broken neck and two broken legs.· Despite the pain she managed to walk fifty yards with a broken leg to get help.· Andrew suffered a broken leg, broken arm and internal injuries.
· In other chairs the arm is integral to the front and back legs, and must be fitted at an earlier stage.· The Classic lost a starter Tuesday when Down the Aisle broke a bone in his left front leg after a morning workout.· Repeat the exercise but kick with the front or rear leg as soon as the stance switches.· When night does fall, she opens the lid and stretches out her two front pairs of legs.· Jump diagonally forwards with the front leg and pick the rear foot up for a high roundhouse kick.· There are two sets of front legs, which end in what look like suckers.· Brachiosaurus was even heavier than Brontosaurus and had front legs longer than its rear ones, the opposite of Brontosaurus.
· The hair is somewhat longer on both front and hind legs.· Using a small cleaver or a large, heavy knife, cut the hind leg across the bone into 2 pieces.· The beast reared up on its hind legs, screaming with blood showing at its lips and teeth.· Get up on your hind legs.· You can but it whole or already cut into joints, such as saddle or hind legs.· I wanted them to get up on their hind legs and do battle.· Even the hounds sensed something was amiss and became still, tails pressed between hind legs, watching.· In the photo Glover was as stooped as ever, a trained bear on hind legs.
· The old man's left leg had been blown off in the war.· On June 15, he broke a bone in his left leg when he fouled a ball off of his shin.· Change to the left leg and repeat.· Gary stepped on a Bouncing Betty. it maimed his left leg.· Application of the roundhouse kick to the head with the left leg.· His left leg was going into muscle spasms of some sort and he clutched at his knee with frustration.· Bend your left leg in front and extend the right leg.· Her head was swirling, her mind was racing, her ankle was swelling and her left leg was numb.
· She swung her long legs over the side of the bed and got up.· Her forearms and much of her long legs were bare, visible, pale as her face.· Glover completely approved of most of them, of their long, loose legs and intelligent faces.· The door is opened by the vision of blonde hair and long blue legs.· She walked off on her long legs.· She had excellent bone structure, a well-shaped determined chin, a good figure and long legs.· She leaned back on both elbows, smiling at me faintly down the length of her long, frail legs.
· The 24-year-old central defender will have his right leg immobilised for six weeks and will miss the play-offs should Boro qualify.· His right arm and leg were the most damaged.· A white petticoat danced as she lifted her bare right leg.· She had survived polio, but her right leg was weak and deformed, and her right arm dangled loosely.· Now the right leg is thrust out with the foot travelling in a straight line towards the opponent.· When I began chopping again my axe slipped and cut off my right leg.· The attacker moves forward in a left fighting stance with a front kick off the right leg to the groin area.· She survived with muscles in her abdomen, back, right shoulder, and right leg paralyzed.
· Too fast for his shorter legs and he fell on his knees.· The terriers bounded along ahead on their short legs.· Long bodies and short legs are reminders of their close relationship to weasels and polecats.· He moved like a ghost, his large upper body rigid, his short legs exact metronomes: evolutionary perfection.· Eventually Rutherford's bat protruded too far forward and enabled Stewart to take a smart catch at short leg.· Sylvie noticed that despite his short legs, his girth, he had a grace about him and a power.· And Stuart Leary believed in following the ball from the bowler's hand even when fielding at short leg.· Jet-pipes are angled out ten degrees. Short gear legs sit the aeroplane conveniently low.
NOUN· But Roundhay's chances were not helped when Barry Willis had to be helped off with a leg injury.· He had hand and leg injuries that limited his playing time and sapped his enthusiasm.· Candy Morris suffered horrific leg injuries when she slipped into a paper shredding machine.· Reed had a leg injury that nearly immobilized him, but he played in that game.· They will be without top striker Ridvan Dilmen who has a leg injury.· He thought it quite possible that Pike had starved the horse to help it recover from its leg injury.· Rita was on target to capture the singles title when a recurring leg injury regrettably ended her bid.· Norman Reeve, 24, received multiple bruising and Peter Clark, 25, suffered leg injuries.
· Particular attention should be paid to the lower spine and leg muscles - they remember every step of the way.· Pull up your leg muscles and feel how solid that left thigh is becoming!· Their leg muscles were stiff, their knees hurt, their shoulders resented the weight of their rifles.· How else, besides using her leg muscles, might she be able to help herself to stand up?· You can feel the leg muscles really hardening as you pedal hard up a hill.· Sit as shown, and place your hands on the lower thighs so you can feel the leg muscle contractions.· Ooooooh, how her leg muscles did ache from holding her skirt in this proper fashion - with blue flowers on it.
· A tug at his trouser leg awakened him from his reverie.· A stream of beer runs across the table and drips on to his trouser leg.· On his way out he cocked a leg swiftly and directed a powerful jet against an immaculate trouser leg.· His right trouser leg was torn.· He tossed away the sketch, kicked off his sandals, then pulled off his socks and rolled up his trouser legs.· Henry licked his finger, then rubbed it against his trouser leg.· Sammy followed him, tugging at his trouser legs.· His trouser legs were scorching from the fire and he twisted to one side.
VERB· Now face your left side. Bend your left leg in front and extend the right leg.· Whenever you pick up a heavy load, bend both legs.· As you bend and straighten your legs, make a large circle with your arms.· Raise both legs in the air, crossing them at the ankles; bend your legs a little.· Lie on your side and bend the lower leg.· Their eyes were dull with fever, they had trouble bending their legs, sitting and urinating.
· In 1934 he crashed at Allessandria, breaking his leg.· But your partner has just broken a leg and is recovering at home.· I might easily have broken a leg in that fall.· They race with broken arms and broken legs.· One had had a suspected heart attack, another had a broken leg.· After recovering from his broken leg, Mark Whipple finished with 13 goals and seven assists.· In the autumn he broke a leg while attending the World Grass Ski Championships.· Wilkerson, who sat out last season recovering from a broken leg, had regained his starting spot.
· Fold the other arm over his chest and cross the far leg over his near one.· When the team is going the other way, he crosses his right leg.· Skip, crossing one leg in front and kicking the other leg out to the side.· Just in case, he also crossed his legs and squeezed his eyes shut.· He leans back, crosses his legs, and looks like a man having an agreeable conversation in his club.· When she crossed her legs, he saw for the first time that her skirt was ridiculously short.· Skip, crossing over legs in front and kicking them as high as possible to either side.· Tom Karsten crosses his legs and relaxes even more in a big easy chair.
· This was in the heady days of 1978, when I first lost my leg, when very flared trousers were in.· My grandfather had lost his leg in a stockyard accident.· In real combat he would have lost at least one leg at the knee.· Why, in losing his leg and the few horses in his charge, he had lost his boyish good humor.· Four people lost one or both legs, and another lost an arm.· When I heard that he had lost control of his legs, I thought it would be only a matter of weeks.· One group have lost their legs altogether and taken to burrowing underground.· What do you call a triathlete who loses both arms and legs in the water?
· Charles Greenwich London Are you pulling my leg?· Foster pulled his legs back from the fire.· Then pull each leg away in opposite directions as far as it will go.· Standing at the kitchen counter, whining baby pulling on my legs.· I used to tap dance, high kick, do splits, pull my legs up at the back of my head.· Then Elmer gathers up the reins, leans back, and pulls his legs back, toes down in the stirrups.· It is quite legal to go out into the countryside, find a hedgehog and pull off its legs one by one.· Why would l pull your leg about something like that.
· Still lying down, bend the knees and raise the legs. 9.· Its tight lever took him all the way back and raised his bone legs above the horizon.· Keeping your body upright and tummy pulled in tight, draw the raised leg across the body, leading with the ankle.· Lying as shown, raise the top leg, and with foot pointed do 30 mini raises.· With toes pointed, raise the extended leg up and down slightly.· Throw a reverse punch as before and bring the kicking knee forwards without raising the lower leg or turning the hips.· Bend your right leg and raise your left leg high in the air.· From here raise the leg up and down slightly 15 times, holding each raise for 1 second.
· As with hand strikes, kicks should never fully stretch the leg.· He sighed a lot, stretched his legs, cracked his knuckles.· Sometimes Alfred allowed Ruth to leave the barge and walk beside the horse on the towpath, to stretch her legs.· After lunch, eager to stretch our legs, we simply set off walking without a map.· I try to be comfortable; to stretch my legs and think soothing thoughts.· Ted got up and stretched his legs.· Richie wanted to stretch his legs.· It came as a relief to stretch his legs at last.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► (with) legs akimbo► break a leg► somebody puts his pants on one leg at a time► show a leg!► talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey► walk somebody’s legs off
1- But the only thing he got his leg over was the fence at Peter Pan's Playground.
- With news like that, you can understand him wanting to get his leg over an old bike and ride all night.
- You had to have legs like Marlene Dietrich to triumph over that get-up.
- If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.
- A sweetheart, this little lady, not bad legs either.
- For Joshua, at sixty-two, and suffering from a bad leg, distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance.
- He had a bad back as well, you know, just like Rich.
- He had a bad leg and they kept on at him to hurry up.
- Medical deferment for a very bad heart.
- That coming from him who would go sick with a bad back whenever a job tired him.
- The problems-from bad backs to carpal tunnel syndrome to headaches-have made the headlines of every health magazine in the country.
- C Jeremy Newberry, with a bum ankle and knee, is still expected to start.
- She ran to her mother as fast as her legs could carry her.
- He alarmed us as children: he had a gruff manner, a game leg and a pronounced cast in one eye.
- Sarah looks as if she's on her last legs.
- His exit, when he truly is on his last legs, is his most effective gambit.
- It's an old established set-up, but I reckon it's on its last legs now.
- It was a nightmare, anyone reading the papers would think I was on my last legs.
- Martin Glimmer is the 50-something horn player on his last legs.
- The battery, like the torch's owner, was on its last legs.
- The fenders flapped in the breeze, and the engine coughed and wheezed like an old man on his last legs.
- Without some fresh thinking the G8 is probably on its last legs as an effective body.
- Your car sounds like it's on its last legs.
- It's an old established set-up, but I reckon it's on its last legs now.
- The battery, like the torch's owner, was on its last legs.
- Without some fresh thinking the G8 is probably on its last legs as an effective body.
- Joining the Visa network would give it the leg-up it needs.
- Did Ronnie really call or are you just pulling my leg?
- Don't worry. I was just pulling you leg about moving - I'm not going anywhere.
- I think he was just pulling your leg.
- Fit in periods away from people, giving yourself the opportunity to renew your energy and rest your eyes.
- He rested his eyes on her, very conscious of the smooth skin and her flowery perfume.
- I took off my shoes and rested my feet on her thighs as she massaged them.
- In fact I was having trouble finding a place to rest my eyes.
- Should children with defective vision be resting their eyes?
- Slinging his mac over the back of a pew he sat down and rested his feet on the one in front.
- If we want to get there by 11:00, we'd better shake a leg.
- I stood on my shaking legs, my head on the public phone.
- On shaking legs he began to descend.
- Outside the others were shouting for Kerry to shake a leg.
- The business of the audition is squeezed into all this in less time than it takes to shake a leg.
- A few of the passengers got off the bus to stretch their legs.
- After so long on the train, we couldn't wait to get out and stretch our legs.
- Do you feel like stopping here and stretching your legs?
- After lunch, eager to stretch our legs, we simply set off walking without a map.
- Every boy needs to stretch his legs.
- Gene and the blond boy followed me to stretch their legs.
- He sighed a lot, stretched his legs, cracked his knuckles.
- I try to be comfortable; to stretch my legs and think soothing thoughts.
- She stretched her legs from thigh to toes - and let go.
- She stretched her legs under the table, feeling the same satisfaction that she felt when she woke that morning.
- Sometimes Alfred allowed Ruth to leave the barge and walk beside the horse on the towpath, to stretch her legs.
- And that is when the toughest Bruin team in years sent the Huskies home with their tails between their legs.
- He knows he can not come back with his tail between his legs.
- I would go out of the Chamber with my tail between my legs.
- Pottz wiped out three waves in a row and crept back in with his tail between his legs.
- They got scared and ran away with their tail between their legs.
body part [countable] one of the long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insect: a young boy with skinny legs She fell and broke her leg.four-legged/long-legged etc four-legged animals2meat [countable, uncountable] the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as food: roast leg of lamb3furniture [countable] one of the upright parts that support a piece of furniture: One of the legs on the table was a bit wobbly. a chair leg a three-legged stool4clothing [countable] the part of your trousers that covers your leg: The legs of my jeans were covered in mud. He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.5journey/race [countable] one part of a long journey or raceleg of the final leg of the Tour de France6sport [countable] British English one of the series of games in a football competition played between two teams: Leeds will have to win the second leg if they are to go forward to the finals.7not have a leg to stand on informal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say: If you didn’t sign a contract, you won’t have a leg to stand on.8get your leg over British English informal not polite to have sex with someone9have legs American English informal if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about it → on its last legs at last1(9), → on your last legs at last1(8), → pull somebody’s leg at pull1(11), → leg-pull, leg-up, peg leg, sea legs, → shake a leg at shake1(9), → show a leg at show1(24), → stretch your legs at stretch1(7)leg1 nounleg2 verb
legleg2 verb (past tense and past participle legged, present participle legging) VERB TABLE
leg
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | leg |
| he, she, it | legs | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | legged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have legged |
| he, she, it | has legged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had legged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will leg |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have legged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am legging |
| he, she, it | is legging | |
| you, we, they | are legging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was legging |
| you, we, they | were legging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been legging |
| he, she, it | has been legging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been legging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be legging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been legging |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Calling Emily, I legged it to the youth hostel two miles away.
- I legged it before the cops came.
- The arduous task of legging through a long tunnel like that under Castle Hill at Dudley could take over 3 hours.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES We sat cross-legged on the floor. Johnny ran off as fast as his legs could carry him (=running as quickly as he could). He fractured his right leg during training. Sarah sat on the floor, hugging her knees. He hurt his knee playing football. a leg of lamb She lifted her hand to knock on the door once again. Pam lifted her shoulders in a little shrug. He stretched out his long legs. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her. I felt awful yesterday. But, thankfully, I’ve found my sea legs now. She shaved her legs and underarms. He had been shot in the back while trying to escape. He has long thin hands. One of them tied her hands behind her back. A hand touched her on the shoulder. the first leg of the band’s European tour (=the first part of it)
· The chair leg has broken.
(=have a price that is much too high)· A skiing holiday needn’t cost you an arm and a leg.
We sat cross-legged on the floor. Johnny ran off as fast as his legs could carry him (=running as quickly as he could). He fractured his right leg during training. (=the one that is not damaged) He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm.
He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm. Sarah sat on the floor, hugging her knees. He hurt his knee playing football.· He suffered a shoulder injury while playing rugby.
(=one part of a journey)· We set off on the final leg of our journey.
a leg of lamb She lifted her hand to knock on the door once again. Pam lifted her shoulders in a little shrug. He stretched out his long legs. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.· What is his waist measurement?
· Her leg muscles ached after the run.
She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her. (=space for your legs or head in a vehicle)
I felt awful yesterday. But, thankfully, I’ve found my sea legs now. She shaved her legs and underarms. He had been shot in the back while trying to escape. (=with your legs bent and crossed over in front of you)· She sat cross-legged on the grass.
He has long thin hands. One of them tied her hands behind her back. A hand touched her on the shoulder. the first leg of the band’s European tour (=the first part of it)· The victim died of chest wounds.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► (with) legs akimbo► break a leg► somebody puts his pants on one leg at a time► show a leg!► talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey► walk somebody’s legs off
leg it British English informal to run in order to escape from someone or something: - After he'd unfastened the message capsule from its leg it flew up to join its fellows lurking among the rafters.
- Apart from its legs it resembled an old fashioned typewriter with a carriage and Qwerty keyboard.
- Calling Emily, I legged it to the youth hostel two miles away.
- He got so paranoid he decided to leg it.
- I legged it before the cops came.
- I legged it over to Broadway and caught the subway.
- If he starts growling and howling, leg it, quick!
- When Coleridge reached Mickledore, he legged it down into Eskdale with all speed.
- A sweetheart, this little lady, not bad legs either.
- For Joshua, at sixty-two, and suffering from a bad leg, distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance.
- He had a bad back as well, you know, just like Rich.
- He had a bad leg and they kept on at him to hurry up.
- Medical deferment for a very bad heart.
- That coming from him who would go sick with a bad back whenever a job tired him.
- The problems-from bad backs to carpal tunnel syndrome to headaches-have made the headlines of every health magazine in the country.
- C Jeremy Newberry, with a bum ankle and knee, is still expected to start.
- She ran to her mother as fast as her legs could carry her.
- He alarmed us as children: he had a gruff manner, a game leg and a pronounced cast in one eye.
- Sarah looks as if she's on her last legs.
- His exit, when he truly is on his last legs, is his most effective gambit.
- It's an old established set-up, but I reckon it's on its last legs now.
- It was a nightmare, anyone reading the papers would think I was on my last legs.
- Martin Glimmer is the 50-something horn player on his last legs.
- The battery, like the torch's owner, was on its last legs.
- The fenders flapped in the breeze, and the engine coughed and wheezed like an old man on his last legs.
- Without some fresh thinking the G8 is probably on its last legs as an effective body.
- Your car sounds like it's on its last legs.
- It's an old established set-up, but I reckon it's on its last legs now.
- The battery, like the torch's owner, was on its last legs.
- Without some fresh thinking the G8 is probably on its last legs as an effective body.
- Joining the Visa network would give it the leg-up it needs.
- Did Ronnie really call or are you just pulling my leg?
- Don't worry. I was just pulling you leg about moving - I'm not going anywhere.
- I think he was just pulling your leg.
- Fit in periods away from people, giving yourself the opportunity to renew your energy and rest your eyes.
- He rested his eyes on her, very conscious of the smooth skin and her flowery perfume.
- I took off my shoes and rested my feet on her thighs as she massaged them.
- In fact I was having trouble finding a place to rest my eyes.
- Should children with defective vision be resting their eyes?
- Slinging his mac over the back of a pew he sat down and rested his feet on the one in front.
- If we want to get there by 11:00, we'd better shake a leg.
- I stood on my shaking legs, my head on the public phone.
- On shaking legs he began to descend.
- Outside the others were shouting for Kerry to shake a leg.
- The business of the audition is squeezed into all this in less time than it takes to shake a leg.
- A few of the passengers got off the bus to stretch their legs.
- After so long on the train, we couldn't wait to get out and stretch our legs.
- Do you feel like stopping here and stretching your legs?
- After lunch, eager to stretch our legs, we simply set off walking without a map.
- Every boy needs to stretch his legs.
- Gene and the blond boy followed me to stretch their legs.
- He sighed a lot, stretched his legs, cracked his knuckles.
- I try to be comfortable; to stretch my legs and think soothing thoughts.
- She stretched her legs from thigh to toes - and let go.
- She stretched her legs under the table, feeling the same satisfaction that she felt when she woke that morning.
- Sometimes Alfred allowed Ruth to leave the barge and walk beside the horse on the towpath, to stretch her legs.
- And that is when the toughest Bruin team in years sent the Huskies home with their tails between their legs.
- He knows he can not come back with his tail between his legs.
- I would go out of the Chamber with my tail between my legs.
- Pottz wiped out three waves in a row and crept back in with his tail between his legs.
- They got scared and ran away with their tail between their legs.
We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.