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limber
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?mb?(?)/
Etymology 1
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp.
Adjective
limber (comparative limberer, superlative limberest)
- Flexible, pliant, bendable.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
limber (third-person singular simple present limbers, present participle limbering, simple past and past participle limbered)
- To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
Translations
Etymology 2
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
Noun
limber (plural limbers)
- (military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 29:
- we covered the rutted, rattling, dusty pot-holed roads of coastal Victoria, six big Walers in front, the cannon at the rear, and that unsprung cart they called a ‘limber’ in the middle.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 29:
- (in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
- (nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
Usage notes
- Sometimes the plural limbers was used to refer to a single such vehicle.
Translations
Verb
limber (third-person singular simple present limbers, present participle limbering, simple past and past participle limbered)
- (obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
Antonyms
- unlimber
Translations
See also
- caisson
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- limber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- limbers and caissons on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Limbers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- limber at OneLook Dictionary Search
- limber in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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alert
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l??t/
- (General American) enPR: ?-lûrt?, IPA(key): /??l?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
- Hyphenation: a?lert
Etymology 1
From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).
Adjective
alert (comparative more alert, superlative most alert)
- Attentive; awake; on guard.
- (obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
- I saw an alert young fellow that cocked his hat upon a friend of his who entered just at the same time with myself
Translations
Noun
alert (plural alerts)
- An alarm.
- A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
- (military) A state of readiness for potential combat.
- an airborne alert; ground alert
Translations
Etymology 2
Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adj). Compare French alerter.
Verb
alert (third-person singular simple present alerts, present participle alerting, simple past and past participle alerted)
- To give warning to.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- alter, alter-, altre, artel, later, ratel, taler, telar
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French alerte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??l?rt/
- Hyphenation: alert
- Rhymes: -?rt
Adjective
alert (comparative alerter, superlative alertst)
- alert
Inflection
Derived terms
- alertheid
Anagrams
- later, ratel
German
Etymology
From French alerte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a?l??t]
Adjective
alert (comparative alerter, superlative am alertesten)
- alert
Declension
Further reading
- “alert” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
From French alerte
Adjective
alert m or n (feminine singular alert?, masculine plural aler?i, feminine and neuter plural alerte)
- wide-awake
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?læ?/
- Rhymes: -æ??
Adjective
alert (comparative alertare, superlative alertast)
- alert
Declension
Anagrams
- artel, later, letar, realt
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