Found 3 items, similar to Pliable.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pliable
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pliable
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pliable
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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Pli"a*ble*ness, n. --
Pli"a*bly,
adv.
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