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Definitions for thigh
θaɪthigh
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Princeton's WordNet
thighnoun
the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
second joint, thighnoun
the upper joint of the leg of a fowl
Wiktionary
thighnoun
The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
thighnoun
That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thighnoun
The thigh includes all between the buttocks and the knee. The thigh bone is the longest of all the bones in the body: its fibres are close and hard: it has a cavity in its middle: it is a little convex and round on its foreside, but a little hollow, with a long and small ridge on its backside. John Quincy
Etymology: ðeoh , Saxon; thieo, Islandick; die, Dutch.
He touched the hollow of his thigh, and it was out of joint. Gen. xxxii. 25.
The flesh dissolved, and left the thigh bone bare. Richard Wiseman.
Wikipedia
Thigh
In human anatomy, the thigh is the area between the hip (pelvis) and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb.The single bone in the thigh is called the femur. This bone is very thick and strong (due to the high proportion of bone tissue), and forms a ball and socket joint at the hip, and a modified hinge joint at the knee.
ChatGPT
thigh
The thigh is the upper part of the leg in humans and animals, located between the hip and knee. It is the portion of the body that consists mostly of a bone called the femur and is surrounded by significant quantities of muscle, fat, and connective tissue. It plays a crucial role in supporting the body's movements, including standing, running and jumping.
Webster Dictionary
Thighnoun
the proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur
Thighnoun
the coxa, or femur, of an insect
Wikidata
Thigh
In humans the thigh is the area between the pelvis and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb. The single bone in the thigh is called the femur. This bone is very thick and strong, and forms a ball and socket joint at the hip, and a condylar joint at the knee.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Thigh
thī, n. the thick fleshy part of the leg from the knee to the trunk.—n. Thigh′-bone, the bone of the leg between the hip-joint and the knee. [A.S. theó, theóh; Ice. thjó, Old High Ger. deoh.]
Editors Contribution
thigh
An area of a limb connecting the pelvis to the knee in a human being.
Our thighs can be muscular when we exercise daily.
Submitted by MaryC on July 28, 2020
Entomology
Thigh
see femur.
British National Corpus
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Rank popularity for the word 'thigh' in Nouns Frequency: #2254
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of thigh in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of thigh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of thigh in a Sentence
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News Children:
One of the kids that I had in the unit, he was shot in the shoulder. The student that I was helping up from the side of the unit, he had bullet fragments on his thigh, and then we had another student with blown off fingers. And she was just in and out. We were trying to get her oxygen and trying to keep her alive. And I realized those were my son’s classmates and my son was not coming out.
To get a negative X-ray, I know Elian Herrera spirits are lifted, it's a right thigh contusion but it's pretty significant. Elian Herrera got hit pretty good.
They let us be police. There was n’t a day that I did n’t draw my weapon, have it behind my leg or behind my thigh.
I was hit in the left arm, in the left side of my chest, and twice on my left thigh, i fell to the ground. I must have been lying there for an hour before the army soldiers came in and moved me to the hospital. I tried to turn on my right side to prevent bleeding from my arm, but I couldn't move.
Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP left Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP hand on the middle of my thigh until I physically removed it, the only reason Dan Snyder removed Dan Snyder hand from my back and stopped pushing me towards Dan Snyder limo was because Dan Snyder attorney intervened and said, ‘ Dan Snyder, Dan Snyder, this is a bad idea. ’ ... I learned that I should remove Tiffani Johnston from Dan's grip while Dan Snyder attorney was distracting him.
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