limber

adj.

1. Bending or flexing readily; pliable.
2. Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; supple.

v., -bered, -ber·ing, -bers.

v.tr.
To make limber: limbered up his legs.

v.intr.
To make oneself limber: players limbering up before the game.

[Origin unknown.]

limberly lim'ber·ly adv.
limberness lim'ber·ness n.

lim·ber² (lĭm'bər)
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.]

adj

Definition: flexible
Antonyms: rigid, stiff, straight, unbending

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n. the detachable front part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels and an axle, a pole, and a frame holding one or more ammunition boxes.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: attach the limber, as to a cannon
  Synonym: limber up

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The adjective limber has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
  Synonym: supple

Meaning #2: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
  Synonym: supple

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - smidig, bøjelig
v. tr. - gøre smidig, smidiggøre
v. intr. - blødgøre

idioms:

• limber up    varme op

2.
n. - forstilling
v. tr. - prodse på, smidiggøre

Nederlands (Dutch)
lenig, buigzaam, meegaand, voorwagen van kanon (vastkoppelen)

Français (French)
1.
adj. - flexible
v. tr. - s'exercer (l'esprit)
v. intr. - s'échauffer (les muscles)

idioms:

• limber up    s'échauffer (les muscles)

2.
n. - (Mil) avant-train
v. tr. - (Mil) attacher (qch) à l'avant-train

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - biegsam, elastisch, geschmeidig
v. - sich einlaufen, sich einspielen, sich fit machen, aufwärmen

idioms:

• limber up    (sich) warm machen

2.
n. - Protze
v. - (Mil) aufprotzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προόλκαιο κιλλίβαντα πυροβόλου
v. - προγυμνάζομαι, προθερμαίνομαι, ετοιμάζομαι για δράση
adj. - ευλύγιστος, ευκίνητος, λυγερός

idioms:

• limber up    ξεπιάνομαι ή χαλαρώνω με (γυμναστικές) ασκήσεις

Italiano (Italian)
flessibile

idioms:

• limber up    scaldare i muscoli

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bueiro (m)
v. - tornar flexível
adj. - flexível, ágil

idioms:

• limber up    desembaraçar

Русский (Russian)
брать на передок, становиться гибким, делать гибким, передок орудия, гибкий

idioms:

• limber up    делать гибким

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - flexible, ágil
v. tr. - hacer flexible o ágil
v. intr. - hacer flexible o ágil

idioms:

• limber up    volver ágil o flexible, relajar los músculos, hacer ejercicios de calentamiento

2.
n. - armón, avantrén
v. tr. - enganchar el armón a

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (mil.) föreställare, våghål
v. - mjuka upp, brösta upp
adj. - böjlig, smidig, mjuk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 柔软的, 灵活的, 使柔软, 变柔软

idioms:

• limber up    变柔软

2. 拖前车

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 拖前車

2.
adj. - 柔軟的, 靈活的
v. tr. - 使柔軟
v. intr. - 變柔軟

idioms:

• limber up    變柔軟

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 쉽게 휘는 , 유연한, 경쾌한
v. tr. - ~을 유연하게 하다
v. intr. - 유연하게 하다

idioms:

• limber up    유연하게 하다

2.
n. - 앞차
v. tr. - 앞차를 연결시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - しなやかな

idioms:

• limber up    筋肉をほぐす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) القادمه, الجزء الأمامي من عربه المدفع (فعل) يلدن, يرشق, يجعله لدنا أو رشيقا (صفه) يصبح لدنا أو رشيقا, لدن, سهل الإنثناء, رشيق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כפיף, גמיש, זריז‬
v. tr. - ‮הגמיש חלק של הגוף‬
v. intr. - ‮התחמם לקראת תחרות ספורט‬
n. - ‮החלק הקדמי הנתיק של מרכבת-תותח‬
v. tr. - ‮חיבר את החלק הנתיק של המרכבה לתותח‬

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