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Adjective: limber  lim-bu(r)
  1. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
    - supple
     
  2. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
    "a limber imagination";
    - supple
     
  3. (used of artifacts) easily bent
Noun: limber  lim-bu(r)
  1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
Verb: limber  lim-bu(r)
  1. Make one's body suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
    "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
     
  2. Attach the limber
    "limber a cannon";
    - limber up

Derived forms: limbered, limbering, limbers

See also: flexible, flexile

Type of: attach, horse-drawn vehicle, warm up

Encyclopedia: Limber