Definition of pliable

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Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant..

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Spongy :: Spongy (a.) Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones..
Unappliable :: Unappliable (a.) Inapplicable.
Impliable :: Impliable (a.) Not pliable; inflexible; inyielding.
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant..
Supple-jack :: Supple-jack (n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem..
Wadding :: Wadding (n.) A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made..
Temper :: Temper (v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
Membranaceous :: Membranaceous (a.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar..
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) 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..
Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth..
Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.
Suppletive :: Suppleness (n.) The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
Pliability :: Pliability (n.) The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition..
Waxy :: Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible..
Multiplicable :: Multiplicable (a.) Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.
Cheverliize :: Cheverliize (v. i.) To make as pliable as kid leather.
Ductility :: Ductility (n.) Tractableness; pliableness.
Strap :: Strap (n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging..
Unstarch :: Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
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