Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
A stage of a journey, race etc.
A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.
A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
Something that supports.
One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').
To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
Violent and general destruction.
The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
A single action of sweeping.
The person who steers a dragon boat.
A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
Any of the blades of a windmill.
A chimney sweep.
The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
To strike with a long stroke.
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
To travel quickly.
To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
To search (a place) methodically.
To draw or drag something over.
To play a sweep shot.
To vacuum a carpet or rug.
To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.