Definitions for limbers

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limbers lim·ber

Spelling: [lim-ber]

IPA: /ˈlɪm bər/

Limbers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in limbers (beilmrs).

Definitions for limbers

noun

1. a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
2. Usually, limbers. Nautical. a passage or gutter in which seepage collects to be pumped away, located on each side of a central keelson; bilge.

adjective

1. characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
2. bending readily; flexible; pliant.

verb (used with object)

1. to make (something) limber (usually followed by up):
2. to attach the limber to (a gun) in preparation for moving away (sometimes followed by up).

verb (used without object)

1. to make oneself limber (usually followed by up):
2. to attach a limber to a gun (usually followed by up).

Origin of limbers

First recorded in 1555-65; perhaps akin to limb¹

Examples for limbers

The guns stopped, the men got down from limber and caisson, the horses were unhitched.

A few reps of dynamic moves like toy soldiers and step-ups will get you warm and limber.

Then, a long and limber girl with wide eyes and an uncanny resemblance to Rihanna grabs my hand and startles me by speaking.

Watch the brave and limber artist go Cirque-du-Soleil style and dance with some provocative figures.

Any woman may fall a victim to a limber, manly, and courteous bow.

You can have plenty of time to limber your wing; the scrub won't object to that.

He got under way like a man on stilts, and he was about as limber as a pair of fire-tongs.

The role eventually went to the limber Brit Andrew Garfield.

Then he does an obstacle course to limber up, or some endurance work on the treadmill.

Either we will gloriously take them, or they will limber up and scamper after Jackson.