n. A part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk; an appendicular member; a leg, an arm, or a wing: often limited in meaning to the leg, at present general out of affected or prudish unwillingness to use the word leg.n. The branch of a tree: applied only to a branch of some size, and not to a small twig.n. The part of a bow above or below the grip or handle.n. A thing or person regarded as a part of something else; a part; a member: as, a limb of the devil; a limb of the law.n. A mischievous or roguish person, especially a young person; an imp; a scapegrace; a scamp.n. Synonyms See member.To supply with limbs.To dismember; tear or carve off the limbs of: as, to limb a turkey; to limb a tree.n. In astronomy, the border or outermost edge of the disk of the sun or moon.n. The graduated edge of a circle or other astronomical or surveying instrument, etc.n. In zoology, the lateral area or marginal band of the cephalic shield of trilobites on either side of the glabellum, corresponding to a pleuron of the thoracic region.n. In botany, the border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal.n. In geology, that portion of an anticline or syncline which lies on either side respectively of the arch or trough. Also called leg and flank.n. In botany:n. The blade or broad part of a leaf.