BOW LEG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bow leg mean? 

• BOW LEG (noun)
  The noun BOW LEG has 2 senses:

1. outward curvature of the legs

2. a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

  Familiarity information: BOW LEG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOW LEG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Outward curvature of the legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bandy legs; bow leg; bow legs

Hypernyms ("bow leg" is a kind of...):

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bandy leg; bandyleg; bow leg; bowleg; genu varum; tibia vara

Hypernyms ("bow leg" is a kind of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)