leg
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
One of the two long parts of the body, going from the hip down to the foot, that a person or animal stands and walks on.
He broke his leg skiing and now wears a cast.
She crossed her legs and leaned back in the armchair.
My legs were aching after six hours in the mountains.
The heron stood still on one long thin leg.
Common collocations: break a leg · cross your legs · stretch your legs · on one leg · strong legs
Part of: Parts of the body, Exercise and fitness
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
One part of a longer journey or race, between two places where you stop.
The last leg of the journey took only two hours.
We flew the first leg and then took a bus.
Her team won the opening leg of the relay race.
Common collocations: the first leg · the final leg · the return leg · a leg of the journey
Part of: Holidays, Directions, Sport
Sense 3 · less common
- noun
- B1
The leg of an animal or bird eaten as food, especially when cooked whole.
He ordered a roast chicken leg with potatoes and gravy.
The recipe needs a whole leg of lamb, slowly roasted.
Turkey legs are cheaper than breast and stay much juicier.
Common collocations: a chicken leg · a leg of lamb · roast leg · turkey legs
Part of: Meat and fish, Cooking
Forms
- plural
- legs