limber
To cause to become limberTo cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
cause to become limber
(obsolete)To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
aufprotzen
attach the limber
Examples
10 sentencesTom is quite limber.
Том доволі проворний. — deniko
Tom is quite limber, isn't he?
Tom is still quite limber.
Tom is limber.
The substitutes are beginning to limber up.
Запасні гравці починають розігріватися. — deniko
deDie Auswechselspieler fangen an, sich aufzuwärmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”),Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
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Forms
limbers, limbering, limbered, limberedSynonyms
1 synonyms- attach the limber:limber up
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle