| limber | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. limber | a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson. |
| ~ horse-drawn vehicle | a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses. |
| v. (contact) | 2. limber, limber up | attach the limber.; "limber a cannon" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| v. (body) | 3. limber | cause to become limber.; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert" |
| ~ warm up | cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles.; "The coach warmed up the players before the game" |
| adj. | 4. limber, supple | (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable.; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" |
| ~ flexible | capable of being changed.; "flexible schedules" |
| adj. | 5. limber | (used of artifacts) easily bent. |
| ~ flexile, flexible | able to flex; able to bend easily.; "slim flexible birches" |
| adj. | 6. limber, supple | (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely. |
| ~ flexile, flexible | able to flex; able to bend easily.; "slim flexible birches" |
| pliant | | |
| adj. | 1. plastic, pliant | capable of being influenced or formed.; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" |
| ~ impressible, impressionable, waxy | easily impressed or influenced.; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" |
| adj. | 2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" |
| ~ formed | having or given a form or shape. |
| adj. | 3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant | able to adjust readily to different conditions.; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" |
| ~ adaptable | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use.; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths" |
| adj. | 4. bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy | capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" |
| ~ flexile, flexible | able to flex; able to bend easily.; "slim flexible birches" |
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