leg

Everyday

1. A leg is a part of the body that people and animals stand and walk on. tree →
2. Tables, chairs and stools also have legs that hold them up. tree →
3. A leg of a trip or a race is one part of it. tree →
4. The leg of trousers is the part that covers your leg. tree →

In the lessons

In school maths: a counted part: each animal or object has a fixed number of legs (a hen has 2 legs, a dog has 4 legs, an insect has 6 legs, a spider has 8 legs, a stool has 3 legs); legs puzzles; one part of a trip or relay race. In science: insects have 6 legs, spiders 8; leg bones and muscles. Phrases: «break a leg» (good luck to an actor), «pull someone's leg» (joke with them), «on its last legs» (almost broken).

Examples

• A dog has 4 legs. How many legs do 5 dogs have? tree →
• There are chickens and cows with 30 legs in all. tree →
• Each stool has 3 legs. tree →
• The first leg of the trip is 20 km. tree →
• She hurt her leg playing netball. tree →
• An insect has 6 legs and a spider has 8 legs. tree →
• He ran the last leg of the relay. tree →
• Are you pulling my leg? tree →
• Take care, and remember your legs." tree →

Note

Countable: «a leg», «legs». «Break a leg!» is a kind wish, not a bad one. Maths: hides a multiplication: number of animals × legs each. Trap: the problem often does not say how many legs each animal has; you must know it (bird 2, insect 6, spider 8).

In Jewish tradition

In school maths: a counted part: each animal or object has a fixed number of legs (a hen has 2 legs, a dog has 4 legs, an insect has 6 legs, a spider has 8 legs, a stool has 3 legs); legs puzzles; one part of a trip or relay race. In science: insects have 6 legs, spiders 8; leg bones and muscles. Phrases: «break a leg» (good luck to an actor), «pull someone's leg» (joke with them), «on its last legs» (almost broken).

Examples

• And he washed the inwards and the legs, and made them smoke upon the burnt-offering on the altar. (Torah LEV.9.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• But the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung, (Torah LEV.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. (Torah EXO.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay. (Writings DAN.2.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools. (Writings PRO.26.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. (Prophets 1SA.17.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: «a leg», «legs». «Break a leg!» is a kind wish, not a bad one. Maths: hides a multiplication: number of animals × legs each. Trap: the problem often does not say how many legs each animal has; you must know it (bird 2, insect 6, spider 8).