What does LIMBER mean?
Definitions for LIMBER
ˈlɪm bərlim·ber
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word LIMBER.
Princeton's WordNet
limberadjective
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
limber, suppleadjective
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
"a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
limberadjective
(used of artifacts) easily bent
limber, suppleverb
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
limber, limber upverb
attach the limber
"limber a cannon"
limberverb
cause to become limber
"The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
Wiktionary
limbernoun
A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.
limberverb
To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
limberadjective
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Limberadjective
Flexible; easily bent; pliant; lithe.
You put me off with limber vows. William Shakespeare.
I wonder how, among these jealousies of court and state, Edward Atheling could subsist, being then the apparent and indubitate heir of the Saxon line: but he had tried, and found him a prince of limber virtues; so as though he might have some place in his caution, yet he reckoned him beneath his fear. Henry Wotton.
At once came forth whatever creeps the ground,
Insect, or worm: those wav’d their limber fans
For wings; and smallest lineaments exact
In all the liveries deck’d of Summer’s pride. John Milton.She durst never stand at the bay, having nothing but her long soft limber ears to defend her. Henry More, on Atheism.
The muscles were strong on both sides of the aspera arteria, but on the under side, opposite to that of the œsophagus, very limber. John Ray, on Creation.
At last the ulcer is covered over with a limber callus. Gideon Harvey.
ChatGPT
limber
Limber generally means flexible, agile, or capable of being bent or moved easily. The term can apply to both physical objects (like a limber tree branch) and abstract concepts (like a limber mind that's open to new ideas).
Webster Dictionary
Limbernoun
the shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage
Limbernoun
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
Limbernoun
gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well
Limberverb
to attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun
Limberadjective
easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding
Limberverb
to cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant
Etymology: [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a branch.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Limber
lim′bėr, adj. pliant, flexible.—n. Lim′berness, flexibleness, pliancy. [See limp (adj.).]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
limber
In artillery, the two-wheeled carriage to which the trail of a field gun-carriage is attached for travel.--Limber-boxes are the chests fitted above the axle-tree of the limber for ammunition.--Limber up! is the command so to raise and attach.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
limber
To attach to the limbers; as, to limber the gun; to limber up.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LIMBER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Limber is ranked #134712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Limber surname appeared 125 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Limber.
95.2% or 119 total occurrences were White.
4% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of LIMBER in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of LIMBER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of LIMBER in a Sentence
I stand before you today beholden to no human c -- sucker and working a paying f -- king union job and no limber d -- k of an administrator is going to tell me how to teach my classes because I'm a f -- king tenured professor.
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