Found 3 items, similar to pliant.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pliant anut, gemulai, liat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pliant 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pliant 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. [1913 Webster] The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] “A pliant hour.” --Shak. -- Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n. [1913 Webster]