Dictionary  limbPronunciation: (lim), [key] —n. 1. a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs. 2. a large or main branch of a tree. 3. a projecting part or member: the four limbs of a cross. 4. a person or thing regarded as a part, member, branch, offshoot, or scion of something: a limb of the central committee. 5. Archery.the upper or lower part of a bow. 6. Informal.a mischievous child, imp, or young scamp. 7. out on a limb, in a dangerous or compromising situation; vulnerable: The company overextended itself financially and was soon out on a limb. —v.t. to cut the limbs from (a felled tree). limbPronunciation: (lim), [key] —n. 1. Astron.the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet. 2. the graduated edge of a quadrant or similar instrument. 3. Bot. a. the upper spreading part of a gamopetalous corolla. b. the expanded portion of a petal, sepal, or leaf. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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