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   Lim·ber

   /ˈlimbər/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or body part) lithe or supple: "I have to practice to keep myself limber"
   • ▪ (of a thing) flexible: "limber graphite fishing rods"

   verb

   • 1. warm up in preparation for exercise or activity, especially sports: "the acrobats were limbering up for the big show"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as an adjective): perhaps from limber2 in the dialect sense ‘cart shaft’, with allusion to the to-and-fro motion.

   Derivatives

   • 1. limberness noun

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   What does limber mean?

   • Limber is a sixteenth-century word used in the dialectical sense to refer to a cart shaft, alluding to its to and fro motion. One or two of the limbers were similarly withdrawn by hand, but the work was most severe and the distance considerable. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What does it mean if a dancer is limber?

   • Then you're limber, meaning your body is pretty flexible and able to bend well. Limber generally implies long and graceful limbs. Ballet dancers, it goes without saying, are limber. The term is also used for anything that's capable of being bent easily, such as a piece of metal or, in the metaphorical sense, someone's personality.

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   What was a limber used for?

   • With a full ammunition chest in place, the limber was ready to move forward and supply the piece. Limber is a sixteenth-century word used in the dialectical sense to refer to a cart shaft, alluding to its to and fro motion. One or two of the limbers were similarly withdrawn by hand, but the work was most severe and the distance considerable.

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   What does limberness mean?

   • lim′ber·ness n. n. A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to tow a field gun or a caisson. [Alteration of Middle English limour, shaft of a cart, perhaps from limon, from Old French.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   Limber means able to bend and move easily and smoothly, especially for a person or a horse. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in Chinese.

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   Limber means able to bend and move easily and smoothly. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and antonyms, and hear how to pronounce it.

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   Limber definition: characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe. . See examples of LIMBER used in a sentence.

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   Limber generally implies long and graceful limbs. Ballet dancers, it goes without saying, are limber. The term is also used for anything that's capable of being bent easily, such as a piece of metal or, in the metaphorical sense, someone's personality.

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