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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
pliant
adj 1: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds
of children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: plastic,
pliant]
2: 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, pliant, tensile, tractile]
3: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable
person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a
contract" [syn: elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant]
4: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable,
pliable, pliant, waxy]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
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Thesaurus Results for pliant:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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