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Meanings of limber in English

Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

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Attach the limber.

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Examples for "limber up"
Examples for "limber up"
1
Gets me in the morning, but I limber up all right.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
2
Tin Philosopher coughed to limber up the diaphragm of his speaker and continued:
Bread Overhead
3
Seeing the day was lost, we were ordered to limber up and leave.
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson / In Which is T...
4
You want to limber up your men a bit before game is called.
Dick Prescott's Fourth Year at West Point / Or, Ready to Drop th...
5
Wander around, and limber up with walks or a bicycle ride.
The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for...
Usage of limber in English
1
Take the eggs, a limber knife and the salt to the stove.
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs
2
I guess I might as well overhaul mine and limber it up.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
3
His feet were also ironed, and the chain lashed to a limber.
The Blood Ship
4
It was not cold and stiff but warm and limber and fleshlike.
The talisman
5
Now I'm back, drawn by accounts of a lighter, more limber show.
Wired
6
It's as good as new, and as limber as a hickory twig.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
7
Some of that would limber a little girl's tongue, doesn't thee think?
Old Caravan Days
8
At one end of this field the Chaplain was standing in a limber.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
9
Gets me in the morning, but I limber up all right.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
10
Tin Philosopher coughed to limber up the diaphragm of his speaker and continued:
Bread Overhead
11
It obviously kept him limber, but it was strange to watch.
The Wise Man’s Fear
12
His arm felt limber and powerful, and the stone sang through the branches.
The Young Lions
13
The children teased me so much grandmama bought me some limber sole shoes.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
14
An abandoned caisson or limber was all that the troops found.
History of the Nineteenth Army Corps
15
The sea-trout died then, a quivering limber, metallic shape glittering on the ripples.
In Secret
16
My fingers aren't as limber as they used to be, are they, Barbro?
Pasta Imperfect
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Limber through the time
Limber across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common