thigh

CEFRB1

/θaɪ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The upper part of the leg above the knee.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • She has a tattoo of a lizard on her thigh.

  • You need to have strong thigh muscles to skate.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.

More examples

In context

  • About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau, he accidentally shot himself through the Thigh.

  • I coniure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her High forehead, and her Scarlet lip, By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, And the Demeanes, that there Adiacent lie, That in thy likenesse thou appeare to vs.

  • Add the chicken thighs, close the bag, and squish the marinade to coat the chicken.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).