I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a limp handshake (= weak – used to show disapproval )
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I don't trust a man with a limp handshake.
limp/wilted (= lettuce that is not fresh and crisp )
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The lettuce was all wilted.
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There was nothing in the fridge except a rather limp lettuce.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
body
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Isabel wrenched her gaze from the limp body at her feet.
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There sat Hercules laughing, in each hand a long limp body .
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The limp body collapsed backwards, the base of Zhukov's skull striking the edge of the sink with a vicious crack.
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It took just ten seconds to transfer the limp bodies .
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He ordered his men to take down the limp body and remove the handcuffs.
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The man carried the limp body to where the Saab was parked.
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This is a cat with a limp body that genetically lacks the usual defensive reactions of felines.
hand
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She held a purse in her limp hand .
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He studies the little dark face and massages a limp hand until the fingers curl around his own.
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He stood up, waving a long, limp hand .
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He picked up Doyle's limp hand and felt for a pulse.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The green beans were limp from overcooking.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I felt limp , like a puppet whose strings had been cut.
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It was like a captain blowing against his own limp sails.
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Others suddenly developed a nosebleed and became limp , pale and lethargic.
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The starch in her collar had gone limp with the soaking.
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There sat Hercules laughing, in each hand a long limp body.
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This will go some way towards relieving the anxiety of those who felt that the fine and reprimands were far too limp .
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Three gold-bladed fans in the ceiling stirred limp currents into the air.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I noticed that one of the horses was limping, and called for the vet.
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She limped painfully over to a chair and sat down.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although its voluntary recruits diminished, the order had managed to limp on for nearly two centuries under Ixmarity's watchful eye.
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As soon as he limped through the doorway she called to the owner to make more coffee.
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Bladder clenched, Thérèse limped down the drive behind her silent father.
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Fiver and Pipkin, limping behind the others, and conspicuously under-sized and tired, were being attacked by the crow.
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The hours until lunchtime limped past.
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When he returned, he was limping from the beating he had received during the interrogation.
III. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
slight
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I noticed he had a slight limp .
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Noonan walked with a slight limp .
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She was also dimly aware of his powerful military presence and immaculate clothes, and a slight , well-disguised limp .
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Unfortunately he suffered damage to a knee which left him with a permanent slight limp .
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His mind concentrated itself on Tolby's footsteps which were slightly uneven, as if the solicitor had a slight limp .
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The only sign of his accident is that he walks with a slight limp .
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She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp .
■ VERB
walk
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A thin man in army uniform came in, walking with a limp .
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He was old and almost bald and he walked with a limp , but his eyes were very bright and blue.
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The only sign of his accident is that he walks with a slight limp .
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Once they pushed him off a cliff, breaking his leg, and he walks with a limp to this day.
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Because they were walking downhill her limp was making her awkward and she linked arms with him to keep her balance.
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Two years later, he was shot again and still walks with a limp from the wound to his right ankle.
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Noonan walked with a slight limp .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Josie walked with a slight limp .
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Young had a slight limp .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Able to move around with limp .
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Miguel stared at the slick street as Spider slinked off with that streetwise limp .
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Once they pushed him off a cliff, breaking his leg, and he walks with a limp to this day.