flagship vs limb

flagship

noun
  • The most important one out of a related group. 

  • The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag. 

  • The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet. 

verb
  • To act as a flagship for. 

limb

noun
  • A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. 

  • The apparent visual edge of a celestial body. 

  • A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). 

  • An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock. 

  • The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade. 

  • The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip. 

  • A branch of a tree. 

  • The graduated edge of a circle or arc. 

verb
  • To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree). 

  • To supply with limbs. 

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