limbed
Possessing arms, legs
Limbed describes something having limbs.
It usually appears with a modifier: long-limbed dancers, heavy-limbed with exhaustion.
The word applies both to body limbs (arms and legs) and to tree limbs (branches): a many-limbed oak.
Without a modifier, limbed is rare—you'd say "having limbs" instead.
Having attached projections
- jointedHaving flexible connections
- segmentedDivided into sections
- articulatedHaving segments that bend
- fingeredIdentified to authorities
toed · armed · legged · bipedal · quadrupedal · prehensile · dexterous · opposable
Even on all sides
- ganglyAwkwardly tall and thin
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
- leggyHaving lengthy limbs
- rangyTall, thin, loose-limbed
willowy · stocky · compact · graceful · elongated · attenuated · well-proportioned · disproportionate
appendaged
Having attached projections
- jointedHaving flexible connections
- segmentedDivided into sections
- articulatedHaving segments that bend
fingered · toed · armed · legged · bipedal · quadrupedal · prehensile · dexterous · opposable · digits
symmetrical
Even on all sides
rangy · willowy · stocky · compact · graceful · elongated · attenuated · well-proportioned · disproportionate · balanced
climbing
Ascending by physical effort
crawling · walking · running · jumping · paddling · striding · scrambling · clambering · agile · flexible
branched
Divided into offshoots
treetop · twig · branchlet · sprig · deciduous · evergreen · crown · spreading · gnarled · twisted
- out on a limbIn a risky position
- go out on a limbTake a risk
- going out on a limbRisking reputation for belief
- went out on a limbActed despite uncertain outcome
- hind limbsBack pair of legs
- gone out on a limbTaken a risky stance
limb, limbs, limber, forelimb, limbless, limbing, forelimbs, unlimber