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Meaning of 'limber' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Limber [ a.]
- Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
2 . Limber [ n.]
- The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
- The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
- Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
3 . Limber [ v. t.]
- To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
- To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Meaning of 'limber' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . limber [ v]
Meaning (1):
- attach the limber
Example in sentence:
  • limber a cannon
Meaning (2):
- cause to become limber
Example in sentence:
  • The violist limbered her wrists before the concert
3 . limber [ s]
Meaning (3):
- (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
Example in sentence:
  • a limber imagination;
  • a supple mind

Nearby Words:

lim lim naea lima lima/on limaceous limacina limaille liman limation limature

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