| VERB | contact | limber, limber up | attach the limber |
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| body | limber | cause to become limber | |
| NOUN | artifact | limber | a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson |
| ADJECTIVE | all | limber, supple | (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable |
| all | limber | (used of artifacts) easily bent | |
| all | limber, supple | (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely |
| Sounds | lih'mber | |
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| Rhymes | absorber ... weber / Weber: 72 rhymes with ber... | |
| Meaning | (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable. | |
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| Example | "a limber imagination" | |
| Synonym | supple | |
| Broader | flexible | Capable of being changed |
| Spanish | ágil | |
| Meaning | (used of artifacts) easily bent. | |
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| Broader | flexible, flexile | able to flex |
| Meaning | (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely. | |
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| Synonym | supple | |
| Broader | flexible, flexile | able to flex |
| Spanish | flexible | |
| Meaning | A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson. | |
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| Broader | horse-drawn vehicle | A wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses |
| Meaning | attach the limber. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "limber a cannon" | |
| Synonym | limber up | |
| Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
| Meaning | Cause to become limber. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert" | |
| Broader | warm up | Cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles |
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