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Limberness

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lim·ber 1  (lmbr)
adj.
1. Bending or flexing readily; pliable.
2. Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; supple.
v. lim·bered, lim·ber·ing, lim·bers
v.tr.
To make limber: limbered up his legs.
v.intr.
To make oneself limber: players limbering up before the game.

[Origin unknown.]

limber·ly adv.
limber·ness n.

lim·ber 2  (lmbr)
n.
A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to tow a field gun or a caisson.

[Alteration of Middle English limour, shaft of a cart, perhaps from limon, from Old French.]


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Byline: ANI Washington, Oct 24 (ANI): Practicing yoga or tai chi 20 minutes each morning can help reduce stress, improve strength, limberness, provide better immune function and lower blood pressure.
More doctors are recommending yoga classes as a form of maintaining limberness, relieving the pain of arthritis and overcoming other problems such as back pain.
As the victim, Thomasin Gulec displayed a deceptive rag-doll limberness that morphed seamlessly into the muscular control of a man who finds himself liberated into a different reality.
 
 
 
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