leg

noun

• 1each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands:Adams broke his leg he was off as fast as his legs would carry him [as modifier]:a leg injury
• a leg of an animal or bird as food:a roast leg of lamb
• a part of a garment covering a leg or part of a leg:his trouser leg
• (legs) informal used to refer to the sustained popularity or success of a product or idea:some books have legs; others don’t

• 2each of the supports of a chair, table, or other piece of furniture:table legs
• a long, thin support or prop:the house was set on legs

• 3a section or stage of a journey or process:the return leg of his journey
• Sailing a run made on a single tack.
• (in soccer and other sports) each of two games constituting a round of a competition.
• a section of a relay or other race done in stages:one leg of its race around the globe
• a single game in a darts match.

• 4a branch of a forked object.

• 5 (also leg side) Cricket the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) away from which the batsman’s feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball. The opposite of off.

• 6 archaic an obeisance made by drawing back one leg and bending it while keeping the front leg straight.

verb (legs, legging, legged /ˈlegd/)

• 1 (leg it) [no object] informal travel by foot; walk.
• run away:he legged it after someone shouted at him

• 2 [with object] chiefly historical propel (a boat) through a tunnel on a canal by pushing with one’s legs against the tunnel roof or sides.