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# legged

adjective (legged — mostly in compounds: two-legged, four-legged, long-legged)

«legged» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Legged means having legs, usually of a certain number or kind: four-legged, long-legged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#m1)
2. «Leg it» (legged it) is informal British for running away fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons pupils sort animals by number of legs: birds and humans are two-legged, dogs and cats four-legged, insects six-legged, spiders eight-legged. In stories a long-legged heron or a three-legged race at sports day. Phrases: four-legged friend, three-legged race, cross-legged, bow-legged.

### Examples

- A dog is a four-legged animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#x1)
- Insects are six-legged creatures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#x2)
- We ran a three-legged race on sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#x3)
- Sit cross-legged on the carpet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#x4)
- A long-legged heron stood in the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#x5)
- The thief legged it down the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#x6)
- And send off the long-legged man with the letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/#x7)

### Note

Usually joined with a hyphen to a number or describing word: «four-legged», «long-legged». Said «legd» or «LEG-id». Maths: four-legged and two-legged animals are a classic problem — count heads and legs: 5 dogs have 20 legs, 3 hens have 6 legs. «Cross-legged» means sitting with your legs crossed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «legged» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legged/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«legged» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/legged.html) on Mova free.