Definitions for pliant
ˈplaɪ əntpli·ant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plastic, pliantadjective

   capable of being influenced or formed

   "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"

2. 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"

3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliantadjective

   able to adjust readily to different conditions

   "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"

4. bendable, pliable, pliant, waxyadjective

   capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

   "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pliantadjective

   Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.

2. pliantadjective

   Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

3. Etymology: From pliant.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PLIANTadjective

   Etymology: pliant, French.

   1. Bending; tough; flexile; flexible; lithe; limber.

   An anatomist promised to dissect a woman’s tongue, and examine whether the fibres may not be made up of a finer and more pliant thread. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 247.

   2. Easy to take a form.

   Particles of heav’nly fire,
   Or earth but new divided from the sky,
   And pliant still retain’d th’ etherial energy. Dryden.

   As the wax melts that to the flame I hold
   Pliant and warm may still her heart remain,
   Soft to the print, but ne’er turn hard again. George Granville.

   3. Easily complying.

   In languages the tongue is more pliant to all sounds, the joints more supple to all feats of activity, in youth than afterwards. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   Those, who bore bulwarks on their backs,
   Now practise ev’ry pliant gesture,
   Op’ning their trunk for ev’ry tester. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   4. Easily persuaded.

   The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason, it met the dictates of a clarified understanding halfway. South.

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1. pliant

   Pliant is defined as being flexible and adaptable, easily bent, influenced, or modified. It can refer to both physical objects and abstract concepts like ideas, attitudes, or people. This can be a positive attribute if it means being adaptable and open to change, or a negative one if it means being too easily influenced or controlled.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pliant

   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

2. Pliant

   favorable to pliancy

3. Etymology: [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See Ply, v.]

Anagrams for pliant »

1. plaint

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pliant in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pliant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of pliant in a Sentence

1. J. Hawes:

   He that cannot decidedly say, "No," when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pliant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pliant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pliant
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pliant