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pliant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr of plier to bend. See {Ply}, v.] 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] ``A pliant hour.'' --Shak. -- {Pli"ant*ly}, adv -- {Pli"ant*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pliant adj 1: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: {plastic}] 2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" [syn: {elastic}, {flexible}, {pliable}] 3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: {bendable}, {pliable}] 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}, {pliable}, {tensile}, {tractile}]
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