Bough vs. Limb

Bough and Limb Definitions
Bough
A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.
Limb
One of the larger branches of a tree.
Bough
A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
Limb
One of the jointed appendages of an animal, such as an arm, leg, wing, or flipper, used for locomotion or grasping.
Bough
A gallows.
Limb
An extension or a projecting part, as of a building or mountain range.
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Bough
An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.
Limb
An extension or part distinguished from the main body or group
The conservative limb of the party.
Bough
A gallows.
Limb
A member or representative of a group
Was arrested by a burly limb of the law.
Bough
Any of the larger branches of a tree
Limb
(Archaic)An impish child.
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Limb
(Astronomy)The circumferential edge of the apparent disk of a celestial body.
Limb
(Mathematics)The edge of a graduated arc or circle used in an instrument to measure angles.
Limb
(Botany)The expanded tip of a plant organ, such as a petal or corolla lobe.
Limb
To remove the branches from.
Limb
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
Limb
A branch of a tree.
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Limb
(archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
Limb
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
Limb
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
Limb
(astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
The solar limb
Limb
(on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
Limb
(botany) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
Limb
(transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
Limb
(transitive) To supply with limbs.
Limb
A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
Limb
An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
A second Hector for his grim aspect,And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs.
Limb
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows.
Limb
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
Limb
A border or edge, in certain special uses.
Limb
To supply with limbs.
Limb
To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
Limb
One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
Limb
Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
Limb
(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
Limb
Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip;
The upper limb of the bow
Limb
The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles;
The limb of the sextant
Limb
Any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;
The arm of the record player
An arm of the sea
A branch of the sewer