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adjective ˈlɪmbəˈlɪmbər 1(of a person or body part) lithe or supple. I have to practise to keep myself limber Example sentencesExamples - You don't need to be a stuntman, you just have to have a limber body and some muscle.
- With flexibility training, however, we can keep our bodies more limber and youthful.
- Stretching and keeping your body flexible and limber is so important especially as we age so when we reach for something we don't pull our back out or pull a muscle.
- With limber agility, she propelled herself into the air, in a graceful back flip.
- It will not only help you develop a more lithe and limber body, it will improve your strength training as well.
- There is also a foot-well under each table, so those less limber than SE Asians can sit easily.
- Fire up the old grill, do a few twelve-ounce elbow bends to stay limber and just kick back.
- I know dancers are very limber and flexible, what happens if I can never do a split?
- Her body was limber, lithe with the grace of a cat or that of a ballet dancer, hinting at carefully controlled strength.
- We shuffled back and forth in the tracks for a few minutes, trying to stay limber, until the Norwegian ambassador to Canada sounded the ceremonial horn and we took off.
- Luchey is quicker and more limber than Henderson, and he could be a more complete player if he gets his act together.
- She rested comfortably in the lotus position (no trick, given her extraordinarily limber body) and seemed to be quite preoccupied.
- Since pregnant women may feel more limber, they often over-stretch and injure themselves.
- He's very limber and agile and would have a few good moves to pull out on Superman.
- Throughout his lengthy international career, the much-tattooed and free-speaking Wilson has cultivated a reputation as a renegade in a sport whose image can be as stiff as its athletes are limber.
- The woman was incredibly limber and evasive, weaving through everything like she was made out of rubber and not flesh.
- Putting them last ensures that I'm thoroughly warmed up and stretched out and will be limber enough to work my abs through a full range of motion with intensity and good form.
- Stretch enough to get limber before squatting, but don't over-stretch as this actually weakens your muscles.
- I've never been the real limber type, nor much of a stretcher.
- We also did a lot of stretching, and for the first time in years, I started to feel limber.
Synonyms lithe, supple, nimble, lissom, flexible, fit, spry, sprightly, agile, acrobatic, quick-moving, deft, willowy, graceful, loose-jointed, loose-limbed - 1.1 (of a thing) flexible.
limber graphite fishing rods Example sentencesExamples - You want to wind up with a sidearm sweep and lob the assemblage far across the open water, and this is best done with the long, limber stick.
Synonyms lithe, supple, nimble, lissom, flexible, fit, spry, sprightly, agile, acrobatic, quick-moving, deft, willowy, graceful, loose-jointed, loose-limbed
verb ˈlɪmbəˈlɪmbər [no object]Warm up in preparation for exercise or activity, especially sport or athletics. the acrobats were limbering up for the big show Example sentencesExamples - However, neither were too keen to queue up for a rub down by students from the Institute of Physical Therapy who were only too happy to help the women limber up for the 10 km race.
- The Greeks are finally ready, and the world's top athletes are limbering up for the big event.
- At most home-grown spas or gyms, I swear that more women are strutting about as if they're limbering up for a pole-dancing set or a spot of burlesque - all they need is a couple of feather fans.
- They may not be as quick as Darren Campbell or have the stamina of Paula Radcliffe but a few thousand workers of the emergency service are limbering up for a fiery contest of their own.
- When the selectors were bussed to the Kelvin Hall in a Strathclyde double decker, they were a mite bemused to find the arena dominated by circus elephants limbering up for their annual Christmas gig.
- As Henman was going through his trial by Frenchman on the centre court, Stefan Edberg was limbering up for today's exhibition match against Boris Becker.
- In the studio, six bodies are silently limbering up for their third run-through of the day; it's barely noon.
- Health experts from Sheffield Council are promoting a new fitness regime to get the people who most need the exercise limbering up.
- Sara is limbering up to run the London Marathon on Sunday.
- Seeing two runners limbering up on the deck of a yacht while you race spinnaker is quite fun.
- A group of nurses from Manchester were today limbering up for a trek up Mount Snowdon to raise money for a new breast cancer centre at their hospital.
- Kaddy will be limbering up for her strenuous trip with practice cycles around Kent and Sussex, filing reports on her progress from around the region for BBC South East Today throughout next week.
- Intrepid Hadleigh firefighters are limbering up ready to climb ‘Mount Everest’ in tropical temperatures on Friday.
- The council squad has teamed up with staff at the Barbican, Courtney's Gym and Fitness First to limber up for Sunday's big event, and have been training since March.
- Cyclists are limbering up for a 25-mile sponsored bike ride covering some of England's finest countryside the opening event of Swindon Cares week.
- After skipping their way into the Guinness Book of Records, six Waterford-based athletes have expanded their group and are limbering up for another arduous challenge - a marathon relay from Malin to Mizen Head.
- That's if the world's sporting elite find themselves with time to spare between limbering up for races in their hectic schedule.
- A fitness instructor is limbering up and inspiring Preston women to get in shape for this year's Race for Life.
- Inside, Yorkshire Phoenix are limbering up for their National League first division match against Essex Eagles.
- They are limbering up for the annual Celtic Christmas Ceilidh on December 19 at St Anne's Catholic Club, North Street, Keighley.
Synonyms warm up, loosen up, get into condition, get into shape, get ready, prepare, practise, train, drill stretch, exercise, work out
Derivatives noun The limberness of the stereocilia is key to their ability to respond to deflection and provide precise information that is interpreted by the brain as the range of sound. Example sentencesExamples - The power and limberness of that kick was an extension of her frolicsome quality that Mr. B captured in his choreography.
- Weary muscles complain mournfully, yet the heart's spirit overcomes sensations of pain, knowing that limberness shall soon follow a quick morning warm-up and stretch.
- Do they flail around gracefully while I'm walking, to demonstrate their limberness?
- At the very least that one act of inhuman limberness should inspire the funniest and the funniest kind of fetishes for one and all to enjoy.
Origin Mid 16th century (as an adjective): perhaps from limber2 in the dialect sense 'cart shaft', with allusion to the to-and-fro motion. Rhymes marimba, timber dimmer, glimmer, limner, shimmer, simmer, skimmer, slimmer, strimmer, swimmer, trimmer, zimmer noun ˈlɪmbəˈlɪmbər 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. Example sentencesExamples - They are required to carry out a series of manoeuvres with the 1.5 tonne gun and limber, including changing wheels, moving around a track and firing two salvoes of three shells each.
- Two 12 lb field guns and limbers in the RAN are fitted to the gun carriage configuration.
- He achieved greater mobility by building lighter gun carriages, and having the guns and limbers drawn by paired horses rather than in tandem, as they had been before.
- The ammunition limber was the worst for wear and required the most work.
verb ˈlɪmbəˈlɪmbər [with object]Attach a limber to (a gun) Example sentencesExamples - Everyone else was spread out in a circular patter, behind some kind of cover, covering the rest of us while our weapons were limbered.
Origin Middle English lymour, apparently related to medieval Latin limonarius from limo, limon- 'shaft'. adjectiveˈlimbərˈlɪmbər 1(of a person or body part) lithe or supple. Example sentencesExamples - It will not only help you develop a more lithe and limber body, it will improve your strength training as well.
- I know dancers are very limber and flexible, what happens if I can never do a split?
- She rested comfortably in the lotus position (no trick, given her extraordinarily limber body) and seemed to be quite preoccupied.
- Since pregnant women may feel more limber, they often over-stretch and injure themselves.
- Luchey is quicker and more limber than Henderson, and he could be a more complete player if he gets his act together.
- Fire up the old grill, do a few twelve-ounce elbow bends to stay limber and just kick back.
- There is also a foot-well under each table, so those less limber than SE Asians can sit easily.
- Stretching and keeping your body flexible and limber is so important especially as we age so when we reach for something we don't pull our back out or pull a muscle.
- Throughout his lengthy international career, the much-tattooed and free-speaking Wilson has cultivated a reputation as a renegade in a sport whose image can be as stiff as its athletes are limber.
- Stretch enough to get limber before squatting, but don't over-stretch as this actually weakens your muscles.
- With limber agility, she propelled herself into the air, in a graceful back flip.
- We also did a lot of stretching, and for the first time in years, I started to feel limber.
- He's very limber and agile and would have a few good moves to pull out on Superman.
- The woman was incredibly limber and evasive, weaving through everything like she was made out of rubber and not flesh.
- I've never been the real limber type, nor much of a stretcher.
- You don't need to be a stuntman, you just have to have a limber body and some muscle.
- Her body was limber, lithe with the grace of a cat or that of a ballet dancer, hinting at carefully controlled strength.
- Putting them last ensures that I'm thoroughly warmed up and stretched out and will be limber enough to work my abs through a full range of motion with intensity and good form.
- We shuffled back and forth in the tracks for a few minutes, trying to stay limber, until the Norwegian ambassador to Canada sounded the ceremonial horn and we took off.
- With flexibility training, however, we can keep our bodies more limber and youthful.
Synonyms lithe, supple, nimble, lissom, flexible, fit, spry, sprightly, agile, acrobatic, quick-moving, deft, willowy, graceful, loose-jointed, loose-limbed - 1.1 (of a thing) flexible.
limber graphite fishing rods Example sentencesExamples - You want to wind up with a sidearm sweep and lob the assemblage far across the open water, and this is best done with the long, limber stick.
Synonyms lithe, supple, nimble, lissom, flexible, fit, spry, sprightly, agile, acrobatic, quick-moving, deft, willowy, graceful, loose-jointed, loose-limbed
verbˈlimbərˈlɪmbər [no object]Warm up in preparation for exercise or activity, especially sports. the acrobats were limbering up for the big show Example sentencesExamples - Kaddy will be limbering up for her strenuous trip with practice cycles around Kent and Sussex, filing reports on her progress from around the region for BBC South East Today throughout next week.
- After skipping their way into the Guinness Book of Records, six Waterford-based athletes have expanded their group and are limbering up for another arduous challenge - a marathon relay from Malin to Mizen Head.
- Inside, Yorkshire Phoenix are limbering up for their National League first division match against Essex Eagles.
- As Henman was going through his trial by Frenchman on the centre court, Stefan Edberg was limbering up for today's exhibition match against Boris Becker.
- They may not be as quick as Darren Campbell or have the stamina of Paula Radcliffe but a few thousand workers of the emergency service are limbering up for a fiery contest of their own.
- Cyclists are limbering up for a 25-mile sponsored bike ride covering some of England's finest countryside the opening event of Swindon Cares week.
- That's if the world's sporting elite find themselves with time to spare between limbering up for races in their hectic schedule.
- In the studio, six bodies are silently limbering up for their third run-through of the day; it's barely noon.
- The Greeks are finally ready, and the world's top athletes are limbering up for the big event.
- A fitness instructor is limbering up and inspiring Preston women to get in shape for this year's Race for Life.
- Sara is limbering up to run the London Marathon on Sunday.
- Intrepid Hadleigh firefighters are limbering up ready to climb ‘Mount Everest’ in tropical temperatures on Friday.
- Health experts from Sheffield Council are promoting a new fitness regime to get the people who most need the exercise limbering up.
- At most home-grown spas or gyms, I swear that more women are strutting about as if they're limbering up for a pole-dancing set or a spot of burlesque - all they need is a couple of feather fans.
- However, neither were too keen to queue up for a rub down by students from the Institute of Physical Therapy who were only too happy to help the women limber up for the 10 km race.
- Seeing two runners limbering up on the deck of a yacht while you race spinnaker is quite fun.
- The council squad has teamed up with staff at the Barbican, Courtney's Gym and Fitness First to limber up for Sunday's big event, and have been training since March.
- They are limbering up for the annual Celtic Christmas Ceilidh on December 19 at St Anne's Catholic Club, North Street, Keighley.
- When the selectors were bussed to the Kelvin Hall in a Strathclyde double decker, they were a mite bemused to find the arena dominated by circus elephants limbering up for their annual Christmas gig.
- A group of nurses from Manchester were today limbering up for a trek up Mount Snowdon to raise money for a new breast cancer centre at their hospital.
Synonyms warm up, loosen up, get into condition, get into shape, get ready, prepare, practise, train, drill
Origin Mid 16th century (as an adjective): perhaps from limber in the dialect sense ‘cart shaft’, with allusion to the to-and-fro motion. nounˈlimbərˈlɪmbər 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. Example sentencesExamples - Two 12 lb field guns and limbers in the RAN are fitted to the gun carriage configuration.
- They are required to carry out a series of manoeuvres with the 1.5 tonne gun and limber, including changing wheels, moving around a track and firing two salvoes of three shells each.
- The ammunition limber was the worst for wear and required the most work.
- He achieved greater mobility by building lighter gun carriages, and having the guns and limbers drawn by paired horses rather than in tandem, as they had been before.
verbˈlimbərˈlɪmbər [with object]Attach a limber to (a gun) Example sentencesExamples - Everyone else was spread out in a circular patter, behind some kind of cover, covering the rest of us while our weapons were limbered.
Origin Middle English lymour, apparently related to medieval Latin limonarius from limo, limon- ‘shaft’. |