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pliable


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pliable  \Pli"a*ble\,  a.  [F.,  fr  plier  to  bend,  to  fold.  See 
  {Ply},  v.] 
  1.  Capable  of  being  plied,  turned,  or  bent;  easy  to  be  bent; 
  flexible;  pliant;  supple;  limber;  yielding;  as  willow  is 
  a  pliable  plant. 
 
  2.  Flexible  in  disposition;  readily  yielding  to  influence, 
  arguments,  persuasion,  or  discipline;  easy  to  be 
  persuaded;  --  sometimes  in  a  bad  sense  as  a  pliable 
  youth.  ``Pliable  she  promised  to  be.''  --Dr.  H.  More  -- 
  {Pli"a*ble*ness},  n.  --  {Pli"a*bly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pliable 
  adj  1:  susceptible  to  being  led  or  directed;  "fictile  masses  of 
  people  ripe  for  propaganda"  [syn:  {fictile}] 
  2:  able  to  adjust  readily  to  different  conditions;  "an 
  adaptable  person";  "a  flexible  personality";  "an  elastic 
  clause  in  a  contract"  [syn:  {elastic},  {flexible},  {pliant}] 
  3:  capable  of  being  bent  or  flexed  or  twisted  without  breaking; 
  "a  flexible  wire";  "a  pliant  young  tree"  [syn:  {bendable}, 
  {pliant}] 
  4:  capable  of  being  shaped  or  bent  or  drawn  out  "ductile 
  copper";  "malleable  metals  such  as  gold";  "they  soaked  the 
  leather  to  made  it  pliable";  "pliant  molten  glass";  "made 
  of  highly  tensile  steel  alloy"  [syn:  {ductile},  {malleable}, 
  {pliant},  {tensile},  {tractile}] 




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