n. The bend of the arm; the angle made by bending the arm at the junction of the upper arm with the forearm.n. In anatomy, the elbow-joint and associate structures. See elbow-joint.n. Something curved or bent like the human elbow; specifically, a flexure or angle of a wall or road, especially if not acute; a sudden turn or bend in a river or the sea-coast; a jointed or curved piece of pipe for water, smoke, gas, etc., designed to connect two lines running at an angle to each other.n. In carpentry, etc., one of the upright sides which flank any paneled work. See crosset.n. The raised arm of a chair or end of a sofa, designed to support the arm or elbow.n. A shoulder-point in cattle. Grose. —At one's elbow, near at hand; convenient; within call.To push or shove with or as if with the elbow; hence, figuratively, to push or thrust by overbearing means; crowd: as, to elbow people aside in a crowd; to elbow a rival out of the way.To make or gain by pushing with the elbows: as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.To jut into an angle; project; bend or curve abruptly, as a wall or a stream.To jostle with or as if with the elbow; push one's way; hence, figuratively, to be rudely self-assertive or aggressive.n. In carriages, the rail that, forms the upper part of the frame of the quarter.