limber

limber
limber1
—limberly, adv. —limberness, n.
/lim"beuhr/, adj.
1. characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
2. bending readily; flexible; pliant.
v.i.
3. to make oneself limber (usually fol. by up): to limber up before the game.
v.t.
4. to make (something) limber (usually fol. by up): She tried to limber up her wits before the exam.
[1555-65; perh. akin to LIMB1]
Syn. 2. pliable. See flexible.
Ant. 1, 2. stiff. 2. rigid, unbending.
limber2
/lim"beuhr/, Mil.
n.
1. a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
v.t.
2. to attach the limber to (a gun) in preparation for moving away (sometimes fol. by up).
v.i.
3. to attach a limber to a gun (usually fol. by up).
[1400-50; late ME lymo(u)r pole of a vehicle. See LIMB1, -ER1]
limber3
/lim"beuhr/, n.
Usually, limbers. Naut. a passage or gutter in which seepage collects to be pumped away, located on each side of a central keelson; bilge.
[1620-30; perh. < F lumière hole, light < LL luminaria; see LUMINARIA]

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  • Limber — Lim ber v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (l[i^]m b[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun. [1913 Webster] {To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four wheeled vehicle by attaching the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Limber — may refer to:*Limbers and caissons (military), a 2 way cart used to support artilery *Limber Pine, a species of pine tree found in the Western United States and Canada *Limber Perez, a Honduran football player *Limber Hill Transmitter, a relay… …   Wikipedia

  • limber — limber1 [lim′bər] adj. [< ? LIMB1] 1. easily bent; flexible; pliant 2. able to bend the body easily; supple; lithe vt. to make limber [to limber the fingers] vi. to make oneself limber, as by exercises: usually with up limberness …   English World dictionary

  • limber — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ supple; flexible. ► VERB (limber up) ▪ warm up in preparation for exercise or activity. ORIGIN perhaps from LIMBER(Cf. ↑limber) in the dialect sense «cart shaft», with allusion to the to and fro motion …   English terms dictionary

  • Limber — Lim ber, a. [Akin to limp, a. [root]125. See {Limp}, a.] Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. Milton. [1913 Webster] The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar. Turbervile. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Limber — Lim ber, v. t. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. Richardson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • limber — limber; un·limber; …   English syllables

  • limber — index flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • limber — adj *supple, lithe, lithesome, lissome Analogous words: pliant, pliable, *plastic: flexible, *elastic, resilient, springy Contrasted words: *stiff, inflexible, rigid, tense, stark, wooden …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • limber — [adj] flexible agile, deft, elastic, graceful, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loose, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, spry, supple; concepts 406,488 Ant. rigid, stiff, straight, unbending …   New thesaurus

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