1. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
   "The limber gymnast easily performed the complex routine";
   - supple
    
2. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
   "a limber imagination";
   - supple
    
3. (used of artifacts) easily bent
   "The limber fishing rod bent dramatically as he reeled in the big catch"

1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
   "The artillery unit attached the cannon to the limber"

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, limbers, limbering

See also: flexible, flexile

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

Encyclopedia: Limber