1. limb - Noun
2. limb - Verb
3. Limb - Proper noun
A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
To supply with limbs.
To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
A border or edge, in certain special uses.
The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCalifornia is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that. Saul Bellow
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is. Will Rogers
The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn from limb from limb. The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off. Anthony Kennedy
It's no shame to look into the warm spring sun and regret a lost limb. Norwegian Proverb
A centipede is not crippled by the loss of one limb. African Proverb
The tree branch should be cut off before it becomes a limb. Turkish Proverb