'Limber' definitions:
Definition of 'limber'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: limber, supple]
adjective
(used of artifacts) easily bent
adjective
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely [syn: limber, supple]
noun
A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
verb
Attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber, limber up]
verb
Cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
Definition of 'Limber'
From: GCIDE
- Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[i^]m"b[~e]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a branch.]
- 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. [1913 Webster]
- Limber boards (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged.
- Limber box or Limber chest (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition.
- Limber rope, Limber chain or Limber clearer (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten.
- Limber strake (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limber'
From: GCIDE
- Limber \Lim"ber\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limbered (l[i^]m"b[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Limbering.] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun. [1913 Webster]
- To limber up, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limber'
From: GCIDE
- Limber \Lim"ber\, a. [Akin to limp, a. [root]125. See Limp, a.] Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar. --Turbervile. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limber'
From: GCIDE
- Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. --Richardson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'limber'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptable,
- anemic,
- asthenic,
- bendable,
- bending,
- bloodless,
- chicken,
- compliant,
- cowardly,
- debilitated,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- ductile,
- dull,
- effete,
- elastic,
- etiolated,
- extensible,
- extensile,
- fabricable,
- facile,
- faint,
- faintish,
- feeble,
- fictile,
- flabby,
- flaccid,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- flexuous,
- floppy,
- formable,
- formative,
- giving,
- gone,
- gutless,
- imbecile,
- impotent,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- languid,
- languorous,
- like putty,
- limp,
- lissome,
- listless,
- lithe,
- lithesome,
- lustless,
- malleable,
- marrowless,
- moldable,
- nerveless,
- pithless,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- pooped,
- powerless,
- receptive,
- resilient,
- responsive,
- rubbery,
- sapless,
- sensitive,
- sequacious,
- shapable,
- sinewless,
- slack,
- soft,
- spineless,
- springy,
- strengthless,
- submissive,
- supple,
- susceptible,
- tractable,
- tractile,
- unhardened,
- unnerved,
- unstrung,
- weak,
- weakly,
- whippy,
- willowy,
- yielding