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LIMBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("limber" is a kind of...):
horse-drawn vehicle (a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
Synonyms:
limber; supple
Classified under:
Similar:
flexible; flexile (able to flex; able to bend easily)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used of artifacts) easily bent
Classified under:
Similar:
flexible; flexile (able to flex; able to bend easily)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
Example:
a limber imagination
Synonyms:
limber; supple
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
flexible (capable of being changed)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they limber ... he / she / it limbers
Past simple: limbered
Past participle: limbered
-ing form: limbering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to become limber
Example:
The violist limbered her wrists before the concert
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "limber" is one way to...):
warm up (cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Attach the limber
Example:
limber a cannon
Synonyms:
limber; limber up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "limber" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
