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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