pliant

  • 81bendable — adjective capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking a flexible wire a pliant young tree • Syn: ↑pliable, ↑pliant, ↑waxy • Similar to: ↑flexible, ↑flexile …

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  • 82tractile — adjective 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, ↑malle …

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  • 83pli´ant|ness — pli|ant «PLY uhnt», adjective. 1. bending easily; flexible; supple: »pliant leather. SYNONYM(S): pliable, limber. See syn. under flexible. (Cf. ↑flexible) 2. Figurative. easily influenced; yielding: » …

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  • 84pli´ant|ly — pli|ant «PLY uhnt», adjective. 1. bending easily; flexible; supple: »pliant leather. SYNONYM(S): pliable, limber. See syn. under flexible. (Cf. ↑flexible) 2. Figurative. easily influenced; yielding: » …

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  • 85pli|ant — «PLY uhnt», adjective. 1. bending easily; flexible; supple: »pliant leather. SYNONYM(S): pliable, limber. See syn. under flexible. (Cf. ↑flexible) 2. Figurative. easily influenced; yielding: » …

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  • 86new conjugation — Weak Weak (w[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Weaker} (w[=e]k [ e]r); superl. {Weakest}.] [OE. weik, Icel. veikr; akin to Sw. vek, Dan. veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. w[=a]c weak, soft, pliant, D. week, G. weich, OHG. weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. v[ …

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  • 87regular conjugation — Weak Weak (w[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Weaker} (w[=e]k [ e]r); superl. {Weakest}.] [OE. weik, Icel. veikr; akin to Sw. vek, Dan. veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. w[=a]c weak, soft, pliant, D. week, G. weich, OHG. weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. v[ …

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  • 88Weak — (w[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Weaker} (w[=e]k [ e]r); superl. {Weakest}.] [OE. weik, Icel. veikr; akin to Sw. vek, Dan. veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. w[=a]c weak, soft, pliant, D. week, G. weich, OHG. weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. v[=i]kja to… …

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  • 89Weak conjugation — Weak Weak (w[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Weaker} (w[=e]k [ e]r); superl. {Weakest}.] [OE. weik, Icel. veikr; akin to Sw. vek, Dan. veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. w[=a]c weak, soft, pliant, D. week, G. weich, OHG. weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. v[ …

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  • 90Weak declension — Weak Weak (w[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Weaker} (w[=e]k [ e]r); superl. {Weakest}.] [OE. weik, Icel. veikr; akin to Sw. vek, Dan. veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. w[=a]c weak, soft, pliant, D. week, G. weich, OHG. weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. v[ …

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