Definition of legs

"legs" in the noun sense

1. leg

a human limb commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

"that old Broadway play really has legs"

2. leg

a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion

3. leg

one of the supports for a piece of furniture

4. branch, leg, ramification

a part of a forked or branching shape

"he broke off one of the branches"

5. leg

the limb of an animal used for food

6. peg, wooden leg, leg, pegleg

a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

7. leg

a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg

8. leg

nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack

9. stage, leg

a section or portion of a journey or course

"then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

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Quotations for legs

On his last legs. [ Thos. Middleton ]

Use legs, and have legs. [ Proverb ]

Whoe'er has gone thro' London street,
Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,
And how he keeps
Gloating upon a sheep's
Or bullock's personals, as if his own;
How he admires his halves
And quarters - and his calves,
As if in truth upon his own legs grown. [ Hood ]

He doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus; and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find ourselves dishonourable graves. [ Jul. Caes ]

Like a cat, he'll still fall upon his legs. [ Proverb ]

A lie has no legs, but a scandal has wings. [ Proverb ]

Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. [ Chinese Proverb ]

Work breaks an idle fellow's legs, arms and back. [ Proverb ]

He hath cut both his legs, and cannot go nor stand. [ Proverb ]

More belongs to marriage than four bare legs in a bed. [ Proverb ]

The thought hath good legs and the quill a good tongue. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Every one stretcheth his legs according to his coverlet. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Flesh never stands so high but a dog will venture his legs. [ Proverb ]

Let the guts be full, for it is they that can carry the legs. [ Proverb ]

A yeoman upon his legs is higher than a prince upon his knees. [ Proverb ]

A horse stumbles that hath four legs. (What wonder then, if two stumble.) [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Valor is stability, not of arms and of legs, but of courage and the soul. [ Montaigne ]

A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide. [ Warburton ]

There are some men who are fortune's favorites, and who, like cats, light forever on their legs. [ Colton ]

Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog standing on his hinder legs. It is not done well, but you wonder to see it done at all. [ Johnson ]

Exaggeration is not only one form of falsehood, it is one of its worst forms: since the swollen and contagious body gains admission by walking in upon healthy legs. [ Berz ]

Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse, that will carry us over the ground, and enable us to distance our fellow-travelers. [ Marryat ]

It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals, - so thoroughly is everything debated before the authorized and responsible debaters get on their legs. [ Lowell ]

legs in Scrabble®

The word legs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters legs:

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legs in Words With Friends™

The word legs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters legs:

GELS
(39)
 

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Words within the letters of legs

2 letter words in legs (1 word)

3 letter words in legs (3 words)

4 letter words in legs (Anagrams) (2 words)

legs + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence legs

Words that start with legs (2 words)

Words with legs in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving legs

Shorter words in legs

leg

Longer words containing legs

bandylegs

blacklegs

bootlegs

bowlegs

crosslegs

daddylonglegs

doglegs

forelegs

hindlegs

jacklegs

legstraps

peglegs

scissorlegs