limber
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lim·ber 1
(lĭm′bər)adj.
1. Bending or flexing readily; pliable.
2. Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; supple.
v. lim·bered, lim·ber·ing, lim·bers
v.tr.
To make limber: limbered up his legs.
v.intr.
To make oneself limber: players limbering up before the game.
[Origin unknown.]
lim′ber·ly adv.
lim′ber·ness n.
lim·ber 2
(lĭm′bər)n.
A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to tow a field gun or a caisson.
[Alteration of Middle English limour, shaft of a cart, perhaps from limon, from Old French.]
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limber
(ˈlɪmbə)adj
1. capable of being easily bent or flexed; pliant
2. able to move or bend freely; agile
[C16: origin uncertain]
ˈlimberly adv
ˈlimberness n
limber
(ˈlɪmbə)n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) part of a gun carriage, often containing ammunition, consisting of an axle, pole, and two wheels, that is attached to the rear of an item of equipment, esp field artillery
vb
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (usually foll by up) to attach the limber (to a gun, etc)
[C15 lymour shaft of a gun carriage, origin uncertain]
limber
(ˈlɪmbə)n
(Nautical Terms) (often plural) nautical (in the bilge of a vessel) a fore-and-aft channel through a series of holes in the frames (limber holes) where water collects and can be pumped out
[C17: probably changed from French lumière hole (literally: light)]
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lim•ber1
(ˈlɪm bər)adj.
1. characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
2. bending readily; flexible; pliant.
v.i. 3. to make oneself limber (usu. fol. by up): to limber up before the game.
v.t. 4. to make (something) limber (usu. fol. by up).
[1555–65]
lim′ber•ly, adv.
lim′ber•ness, n.
lim•ber2
(ˈlɪm bər)n.
the front part of the carriage for a horse-drawn field gun, to which the trails of the gun are attached.
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limber
Past participle: limbered
Gerund: limbering
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| Noun | 1. |  limber - a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caissonhorse-drawn vehicle - a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses |
| Verb | 1. | limber - attach the limber; "limber a cannon" attach - cause to be attached |
| 2. | limber - cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert" warm up - cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles; "The coach warmed up the players before the game" | |
| Adj. | 1. | limber - (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" flexible - capable of being changed; "flexible schedules" |
| 2. | limber - (used of artifacts) easily bent | |
| 3. | limber - (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely |
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limber
adjective pliant, flexible, supple, agile, plastic, graceful, elastic, lithe, pliable, lissom(e), loose-jointed, loose-limbed He bent at the waist to show how limber his long back was.
limber up loosen up, prepare, exercise, warm up, get ready The dancers were limbering up at the back of the hall. some exercises to limber up the legs
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Translations
يَتَمَرَّن لكي يُنَشِّطَ جِسْمَه
rozcvičit serozhýbat se
liîka
prasimankštinti
iesildīties
rozcvičiť sa
ısınma hareketleri yapmakısınmak
limber
1 [ˈlɪmbəʳ] ADJ [person] → ágil; [material] → flexiblelimber up VI + ADV (Sport) → entrar en calor, hacer ejercicios preparatorios (fig) → entrenarse, prepararse
limber
2 [ˈlɪmbəʳ] N (Mil) → armón m (de artillería)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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limber
(ˈlimbə) : limber up to exercise so as to become able to move easily.
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limber
a. flojo-a, flexible.
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limber
adj flexibleEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.