to limber or loosen up
1limber — adj. flexible, flexile, flexuous, pliant, pliable, plastic; ductile, fictile, tractile, tractable, malleable, moldable, bendable; elastic, springy, resilient, stretchable; supple, lithe, lithesome, lissome, limber, graceful; extensile, extensible …
2limber up — verb 1. attach the limber limber a cannon • Syn: ↑limber • Hypernyms: ↑attach • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. make one s body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous p …
3loosen — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become less tight or compact or firm. 2 tr. make (a regime etc.) less severe. 3 tr. release (the bowels) from constipation. 4 tr. relieve (a cough) from dryness. Phrases and idioms: loosen a person s tongue make a person… …
4loosen up — verb 1. cause to become unblocked (Freq. 1) The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes! • Syn: ↑unstuff • Ant: ↑stuff (for: ↑unstuff) …
5limber up — Synonyms and related words: cushion, ease, fluff, gentle, get ready, get set, knead, laxate, limber, loosen, mash, massage, mellow, milden, mollify, plump, pulp, relax, shake up, shoulder arms, smash, soften, soften up, squash, strip for action,… …
6loosen — Synonyms and related words: abate, bate, cast off, cushion, cut apart, detach, diffuse, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disjoin, disperse, doff, ease, ease off, ease up, emancipate, fluff, free, gentle, knead, lax, laxate, let down, let go,… …
7limber up — limbering up for the marathon Syn: warm up, loosen up, get into condition, get into shape, practice, train, stretch …
8warm up — verb 1. run until the normal working temperature is reached (Freq. 2) We warmed up the car for a few minutes • Hypernyms: ↑operate, ↑run • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. become more friendly or open …
9knead — Synonyms and related words: admix, alloy, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, block out, caress, carve, cast, chisel, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compose, compound, concoct, conglomerate, create, cushion, cut, ease, efform, emulsify, fashion,… …
10massage — Synonyms and related words: bandage, bathe, care for, caress, cure, cushion, diagnose, doctor, ease, facial, facial massage, feel up, fiddle, finagle, fluff, flux, fondle, frictionize, gentle, give care to, handle, heal, knead, kneading, laxate,… …
