Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word leg. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in leg.
Definitions and meaning of leg
leg
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishleg, legge, from Old Norseleggr(“leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg, hollow tube, stalk”), from Proto-Germanic*lagjaz, *lagwijaz(“leg, thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European*(ǝ)lak-, *lēk-(“leg; the main muscle of the arm or leg”).
Cognate with Scotsleg(“leg”), Icelandicleggur(“leg, limb”), Norwegian Bokmållegg(“leg”), Norwegian Nynorsklegg(“leg”), Swedish Swedishlägg(“leg, shank, shaft”), Danishlæg(“leg”), Lombardiclagi(“thigh, shank, leg”), Latinlacertus(“limb, arm”), Persianلنگ (leng). Upon borrowing, mostly displaced the native Old English term sċanca (Modern English shank).
Pronunciation
(UK, US) IPA(key): /lɛɡ/
(some US dialects) IPA(key): /leɪɡ/
Rhymes: -ɛɡ
Noun
leg (plurallegs)
A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion.
Insects have six legs.
In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
(anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
the legs of a chair or table
(figurative) Something that supports.
This observation is an important leg of my argument.
A stage of a journey, race etc.
After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
(nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
(nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
(sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
(geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
(geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
(Can we verify(+) this sense?)(usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist
This proposal has no legs. Almost everyone opposes it.
(Britain, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
(cricket, attributive)Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
Synonym:on; Antonym:off
Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping drive through the leg fielders.
(Can we verify(+) this sense?)(cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
(telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
(electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
(finance) An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
(US, slang, military) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
(now archaic) A gesture of submission; a bow or curtsey. Chiefly in phrase make a leg.
1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 74:
Hickman came in, making his legs, and stroking his cravat and ruffles.
Alternative forms
legge(obsolete)
Synonyms
(side of a right triangle):cathetus
Derived terms
Translations
See leg/translations § Noun.
See also
Verb
leg (third-person singular simple presentlegs, present participlelegging, simple past and past participlelegged)
To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
Derived terms
leg it
References
Etymology 2
Noun
leg (plural not attested)
Abbreviation of legislature.
One argument made a lot in the leg was that the bill would simplify voting.
Adjective
leg (not comparable)
Abbreviation of legislative.
The party wants to tackle social issues in the next leg term.
Anagrams
ELG, ElG, gel
Aromanian
Alternative forms
legu
Etymology
From Latinligō. Compare Romanianlega, leg.
Verb
leg (second-person singular present indicativeledz, third-person singular present indicativeleadziorleadze, second-person plural present indicativeligats, past participleligatã)