Used in a Sentence

four-legged

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for four-legged.

Editorial note

It's very close to being the same underlying logical form that goes: 'All cats are four-legged mammals.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

An animal that walks on four legs.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of four-legged gathered in one view.

noun

An animal that walks on four legs.

noun

An intersection where two roads cross.

adjective

Having four legs.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for four-legged.

noun

An animal that walks on four legs.

noun

An intersection where two roads cross.

adjective

Having four legs.

Example sentences

1

It's very close to being the same underlying logical form that goes: 'All cats are four-legged mammals.

2

I wonder if this is ultimately the best way to distribute weight and balance of a four-legged object, and why living four-legged creatures do not run like this?

3

It's as if you perpetually have a two-year-old's brain in a furry, four-legged adult's body.

4

Despite multiple attempts, the output consistently depicts a four-legged dog, contrary to the explicit requirement.

5

From the description: Spot is a four-legged robot designed for indoor and outdoor operation.

6

I have to think a Spot-derived, four-legged land-missile that can be launched from a truck would be price-competitive.

7

He specifically mentions the problem of drawing running human beings and running four-legged animals.

8

Buts not all four-legged animals are cats.' All employees are enabled by a society.

9

There's a Vast ocean of grass from the Rio Grande well into Canada, and four-legged critters eating it, making food is remarkably efficient.

10

They are cool but the four-legged ones always creep me out slightly..

11

Only a matter of time before someone figures out how to combine this with Spot and a legion of four-legged robots start delivering your groceries, mail and pizza.

12

I gotta say, I find those four-legged robots terrifying, because I know the first use of them is going to be for police/military/security-forces to use them to attack us.

Quote examples

1

It just took dinosaurs and mammals a little bit to evolve out of the "four-legged monster with teeth" body type.

2

But unfortunately we don't really know what "life" and "intelligence" is -- an intelligent dolphin might never think or desire to leave the ocean, and an intelligent four-legged creature might never think to look up at the sky and wonder, the way that humans have always done.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use four-legged in a sentence?

It's very close to being the same underlying logical form that goes: 'All cats are four-legged mammals.

What does four-legged mean?

An animal that walks on four legs.

What part of speech is four-legged?

four-legged is commonly used as noun, adjective.