Definition of limb

• n. - A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
• n. - An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
• n. - A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
• n. - An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
• v. t. - To supply with limbs.
• v. t. - To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
• n. - A border or edge, in certain special uses.
• n. - The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
• n. - The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
• n. - The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.