Limber

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Bending or flexing readily; pliable.
  • adj. Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; supple.
  • v. To make limber: limbered up his legs.
  • verb-intransitive. To make oneself limber: players limbering up before the game.
  • n. A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to tow a field gun or a caisson.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Flexible, pliant, bendable.
  • n. A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.
  • v. To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
  • v. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
  • n. The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
  • n. Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  • v. To attach to the limber.
  • adj. Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
  • v. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Easily bent; flexible; pliant; lithe; yielding: as, a limber rod; a limber joint.
  • To cause to become limber; render limber or pliant.
  • n. The shaft or thill of a wagon: usually in the plural.
  • n. The fore part of the carriage of a field-gun or cannon, consisting of two wheels and an axle, with a framework and a pole for the horses.
  • n. Nautical, a hole cut through the floor-timbers as a passage for water to the pump-well.
  • To attach the limber to, as a gun; fasten together the two parts of a gun-carriage, in preparation for moving away: often with up.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
  • v. cause to become limber
  • v. attach the limber
  • adj. (used of artifacts) easily bent
  • adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
  • n. a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
  • Equivalent
    flexible    flexile    limber chest   
    Antonym
    unlimber   
    Verb Form
    limbered    limbering    limbers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    limbered    limbering    limber up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flexible    pliant    yielding    supple   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Kimber    imber    timber    timbre   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    supple    springy    pliant    long-limbed    well-shaped