legged
/ˈlɛɡɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Having legs; provided with legs.
adj
Wounded in the leg, especially as part of a hunt.
verb
simple past and past participle of leg
Example Sentences
- "Many of the big African spiders are hairy-legged."
- "Giraffes are the longest-legged animals."
- "The maltster, after having lain down in his clothes for a few hours, was now sitting beside a three-legged table, breakfasting off bread and bacon."
- "A robot which runs at a speed of over 29mph has set a new land-speed record for legged robots."
- "Farther west in the Carabobo-Aragua region Kidder has been able to establish some culture succession and he reports several legged vessels."
- "DARPA is supporting several legged vehicle programs at Carnegie-Mellon and Ohio State Universities"