Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun limbers

1 sense of limbers

Sense 1
limbers -- (a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well)
       => channel -- (a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun limber

1 sense of limber

Sense 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)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb limber

2 senses of limber

Sense 1
limber, limber up -- (attach the limber; "limber a cannon")
       => attach -- (cause to be attached)

Sense 2
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")

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