Definitions of limber [ˈlɪm bər]

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Definition of 'limber'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) limber
characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.

2. limber
bending readily; flexible; pliant.

3. (v.i.) limber
to make oneself limber (usu. fol. by up):
to limber up before the game.

4. (v.t.) limber
to make (something) limber (usu. fol. by up).

5. (n.) limber
the front part of the carriage for a horse-drawn field gun, to which the trails of the gun are attached.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME lymo(u)r pole of a vehicle. See limb¹, -er¹)

Definition of 'limber'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) limber
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson

2. (adj) limber, supple
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
"a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"

3. (adj) limber
(used of artifacts) easily bent

4. (verb) limber, supple
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

5. (verb) limber, limber up
attach the limber
"limber a cannon"

6. (verb) limber
cause to become limber
"The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"

Definition of 'limber'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) limber
easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding

2. (noun) limber
the shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage

3. (noun) limber
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

4. (noun) limber
gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well

5. (verb) limber
to attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun

6. (verb) limber
to cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant

Translation of 'limber'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to exercise so as to become able to move easily.
Afrikaans: buigsaam maak, litte losm	Arabic: يَتَمَرَّن لكي يُنَشِّطَ	Bulgarian: раздвижвам се
Brazilian: tornar-seágil	Czech: rozhýbat se, rozcvičit se	German: sich lockern
Danish: varme op	Greek: γυμνάζομαι	Spanish: calentar
Estonian: eelsoojendust tegema	Farsi: تمرین نرمش کردن	Finnish: venytellä
French: faire des exercices d'ass	Hebrew: לְהַגמִיש	Hindi: क्रीडा-पूर्व व्यायाम
Croatian: utrenirati se	Hungarian: bemelegít	Indonesian: latihan pelemasan
Icelandic: liðka (sig)	Italian: (scaldare i muscoli)	Japanese: しなやかにする
Korean: 유연하게 하다	Lithuanian: prasimankštinti	Latvian: padarīt lokanu; iesildīti
Malay: menggerakpanaskan badan	Dutch: de spieren losmaken	Norwegian: varme/myke opp
Polish: wygimnastykować (się)	Persian: تمرین نرمش کردن	Pashto: د آسانتيا لپاره تمرين كول
Portuguese: tornar-seágil	Romanian: a face exerciţii de mobil	Russian: делать разминку
Slovak: rozcvičiť sa	Slovenian: razgibavati se	Serbian: razgibati se
Swedish: böjlig, smidig: mjuka upp	Thai: เตรียมพร้อม	Turkish: ısınmak, ısınma hareketle
Taiwanese: 做熱身運動	Ukrainian: робити розминку	Urdu: ورژش کرکے لچکانا، پھڑکانا
Vietnamese: khởi động	Chinese: 使柔软，可塑的
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