limber
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
Types & categories
- horse-drawn vehicle hypernym
Sense 2 verb
attach the limber
limber a cannon
Types & categories
- attach hypernym
Sense 3 adjective
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
a supple mind
Related & opposite
- pliability derivation
- flexible similar to
Sense 4 verb
cause to become limber
The violist limbered her wrists before the concert
Types & categories
- warm up hypernym
Sense 5 adjective
(used of artifacts) easily bent
Related & opposite
- flexile similar to
Sense 6 adjective
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | horse-drawn vehicle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attach |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliability |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | flexible |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | warm up |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | flexile |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliancy |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | flexile |