What does pliable mean?
Definitions for pliable
ˈplaɪ ə bəlpli·able
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Princeton's WordNet
fictile, pliableadjective
susceptible to being led or directed
"fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"
ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractileadjective
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"
elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective
able to adjust readily to different conditions
"an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
bendable, pliable, pliant, waxyadjective
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
Wiktionary
pliableadjective
soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded
You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays fairly moist.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PLIABLEadjective
Etymology: pliable, from plier, Fr. to bend.
Though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt, and make the very law so pliable and bending, that it shall be impossible to be broke. Robert South, Sermons.
Whether the different motions of the animal spirits may have any effect on the mould of the face, when the lineaments are pliable and tender, I shall leave to the curious. Add.
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pliable
Pliable refers to a material or object that is flexible, easily bent, shaped, or adjusted without breaking or cracking. It can also refer to a person or situation that is easily influenced, adaptable, or able to be modified to suit different conditions or circumstances.
Webster Dictionary
Pliable
capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant
Pliable
flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth
Etymology: [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See Ply, v.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pliable
plī′a-bl, adj. easily bent or folded: supple: easily persuaded: yielding to influence.—ns. Pliabil′ity, Plī′ableness, quality of being pliable or flexible.—adv. Plī′ably, in a pliable manner.—ns. Plī′ancy, Plī′antness, the state of being pliant: readiness to be influenced.—adj. Plī′ant, bending easily: flexible: tractable: easily influenced.—adv. Plī′antly. [Fr. pliable—L. plicāre, to fold.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pliable in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pliable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of pliable in a Sentence
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
The idea is that you never finish the list, and the list is pliable, and you are constantly adding and subtracting.
Truth can not be manipulated in the slightest. It is the perception of truth that is pliable. To dismiss truth as a fairy tale is the endeavor of the fool.
Carol Doda's Breasts are up there the way one imagines Electra's should have been, two incredible mammiform protrusions, no mere pliable mass of feminine tissues and fats there but living arterial sculpture––viscera spigot––great blown-up aureate morning glories.
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
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- geschmeidig, biegsamGerman
- plegadizoSpanish
- notkea, taipuisaFinnish
- pliant, pliableFrench
- so-lhoobaghManx
- लचीलाHindi
- modellabile, malleabile, flessibile, pieghevole, adattabileItalian
- גָמִישׁHebrew
- 曲げやすい, しなやかJapanese
- kōpēpē, kōngoheMāori
- giętkiPolish
- maleável, moldável, flexívelPortuguese
- pliant, pliabilRomanian
- гибкийRussian
- savitljiv, савитљивSerbo-Croatian
- poddajný, tvárny, ohybnýSlovak
- smidigSwedish
- ยืดหยุ่นได้Thai
- 易彎的Chinese
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