Appendage
noun
A smaller part that is attached to something larger.
The branch is an appendage of the tree.
Often appears as...
- additional appendage
- natural appendage
noun
A body part, such as an arm or a leg, that is attached to the main part of your body.
The man lost an appendage in the accident.
Often appears as...
- human appendage
- prosthetic appendage
noun
Something added or attached to an entity of larger or more important size or stature.
The small factory became an appendage of the large corporation.
Often appears as...
- corporate appendage
- legal appendage
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Disapproving
noun
A smaller part that is attached to something larger.
The branch is an appendage of the tree.
Often appears as...
- additional appendage
- natural appendage
noun
A body part, such as an arm or a leg, that is attached to the main part of your body.
The man lost an appendage in the accident.
Often appears as...
- human appendage
- prosthetic appendage
noun
Something added or attached to an entity of larger or more important size or stature.
The small factory became an appendage of the large corporation.
Often appears as...
- corporate appendage
- legal appendage
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Think of 'appendage' as a smaller physical part that visibly connects to a bigger object.
A tail is an appendage of some animals.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Essential
'Appendage' often suggests the part is not essential for the main object to function.
Fins are appendages that help a fish but aren't crucial for survival.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
The word can be used metaphorically to refer to things that aren't physically connected.
The outdoor patio acts as an appendage to the café.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Think of 'appendage' as a smaller physical part that visibly connects to a bigger object.
A tail is an appendage of some animals.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Essential
'Appendage' often suggests the part is not essential for the main object to function.
Fins are appendages that help a fish but aren't crucial for survival.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
The word can be used metaphorically to refer to things that aren't physically connected.
The outdoor patio acts as an appendage to the café.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Think of 'appendage' as a smaller physical part that visibly connects to a bigger object.
A tail is an appendage of some animals.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Essential
'Appendage' often suggests the part is not essential for the main object to function.
Fins are appendages that help a fish but aren't crucial for survival.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
The word can be used metaphorically to refer to things that aren't physically connected.
The outdoor patio acts as an appendage to the café.
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The coelacanth: A living...
that promotes limb development in land vertebrates. So although the coelacanth itself isn't a land-walker, its fins do resemble those of its close relatives who first hauled their bodies onto land with the help of these sturdy, flexible appendages, acting as an evolutionary bridge to the land lovers that followed.
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The accelerating power...
with an opposable appendage -- and by the way, chimpanzees don't really have a very good opposable thumb -- so we could actually manipulate our environment with a power grip and fine motor coordination, and use our mental models to actually change the world and bring on technology.
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How one scientist...
and by fall, they’d unmasked a more horrible truth. Thalidomide, widely used by pregnant women, caused severe birth defects. Thousands of babies died in utero, and tens of thousands more were born with extra appendages, shorter limbs, or no limbs at all.
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Jason Silva on Science,...
getting outside ourselves beside ourselves creating cognitive appendages new toolkits for the mind taking us to spaces and places beyond mine world and wonderment Adventure is about expanding our minds the outer journey is the inner
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What lives in ice? PIPE...
whole range of neurons and receptors that allow it to determine what's in its environment scientists have debated for years what decades centuries what possible use could an animal have with an appendage like that some people think
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Can we create new senses...
And when you look across the animal kingdom, you find lots of peripheral devices. So snakes have heat pits with which to detect infrared, and the ghost knifefish has electroreceptors, and the star-nosed mole has this appendage
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The microbial jungles...
swimming through their liquid environment. The cells use rotating flagella to propel towards the surface of the rock, which they attach to with the help of sticky appendages. Then, they start producing an extracellular matrix
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Beautiful Butterfly...
so this long appendage that we're seeing here is called a proboscis and it's what butterflies use to feed so it's kind of like a modified jaw so two segments kind of come together to
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Claws vs. nails -...
in the ground to help them hear. Meanwhile, some primates, like the aye-ayes of Madagascar, have re-acquired claws. They use these extra-long appendages to tap branches and trunks,
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How your brain decides...
is the peacock's tail. This beautiful but cumbersome tail doesn't exactly help the peacock avoid predators and approach peahens. Why should such an extravagant appendage evolve?
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The coelacanth: A living...
that promotes limb development in land vertebrates. So although the coelacanth itself isn't a land-walker, its fins do resemble those of its close relatives who first hauled their bodies onto land with the help of these sturdy, flexible appendages, acting as an evolutionary bridge to the land lovers that followed.
Video examples
The accelerating power...
with an opposable appendage -- and by the way, chimpanzees don't really have a very good opposable thumb -- so we could actually manipulate our environment with a power grip and fine motor coordination, and use our mental models to actually change the world and bring on technology.
Video examples
How one scientist...
and by fall, they’d unmasked a more horrible truth. Thalidomide, widely used by pregnant women, caused severe birth defects. Thousands of babies died in utero, and tens of thousands more were born with extra appendages, shorter limbs, or no limbs at all.
Video examples
Jason Silva on Science,...
getting outside ourselves beside ourselves creating cognitive appendages new toolkits for the mind taking us to spaces and places beyond mine world and wonderment Adventure is about expanding our minds the outer journey is the inner
Video examples
What lives in ice? PIPE...
whole range of neurons and receptors that allow it to determine what's in its environment scientists have debated for years what decades centuries what possible use could an animal have with an appendage like that some people think
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
And when you look across the animal kingdom, you find lots of peripheral devices. So snakes have heat pits with which to detect infrared, and the ghost knifefish has electroreceptors, and the star-nosed mole has this appendage
Video examples
The microbial jungles...
swimming through their liquid environment. The cells use rotating flagella to propel towards the surface of the rock, which they attach to with the help of sticky appendages. Then, they start producing an extracellular matrix
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
so this long appendage that we're seeing here is called a proboscis and it's what butterflies use to feed so it's kind of like a modified jaw so two segments kind of come together to
Video examples
Claws vs. nails -...
in the ground to help them hear. Meanwhile, some primates, like the aye-ayes of Madagascar, have re-acquired claws. They use these extra-long appendages to tap branches and trunks,
Video examples
How your brain decides...
is the peacock's tail. This beautiful but cumbersome tail doesn't exactly help the peacock avoid predators and approach peahens. Why should such an extravagant appendage evolve?
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Michael Caine
English Actor
My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.
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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.
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Alvin Toffler
American Author
My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace.
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Jason Jones
Kids are appendages on so many family sitcoms. They'll come in, they'll make half a joke, and then they're like, 'OK, gotta go to school,' or 'I'm going to my room.' And then you never see them again.
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Donna Lynne Champlin
American Actress
When Melissa McCarthy came out with 'Bridesmaids,' all of a sudden you saw a plus-sized woman who had three dimensions, was not an appendage, was pivotal to the plot.
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W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels painful to decide what has to go.
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Mahershala Ali
American Actor
I love hip hop. It's such an appendage for me. It's something that's always shaped my experience out in the world.
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Minnie Driver
English Actress
Celebrity is a weird appendage, which is useless unless you do something with it.
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Troy Polamalu
American Athlete
My hair has become part of my identity; it's almost an appendage to me.
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Maynard James Keenan
American Singer
Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.
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Michael Caine
English Actor
My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.
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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.
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Alvin Toffler
American Author
My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace.
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Jason Jones
Kids are appendages on so many family sitcoms. They'll come in, they'll make half a joke, and then they're like, 'OK, gotta go to school,' or 'I'm going to my room.' And then you never see them again.
Quote examples
Donna Lynne Champlin
American Actress
When Melissa McCarthy came out with 'Bridesmaids,' all of a sudden you saw a plus-sized woman who had three dimensions, was not an appendage, was pivotal to the plot.
Quote examples
W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels painful to decide what has to go.
Quote examples
Mahershala Ali
American Actor
I love hip hop. It's such an appendage for me. It's something that's always shaped my experience out in the world.
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Minnie Driver
English Actress
Celebrity is a weird appendage, which is useless unless you do something with it.
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Troy Polamalu
American Athlete
My hair has become part of my identity; it's almost an appendage to me.
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Maynard James Keenan
American Singer
Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.
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