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1. (adj.) supple
bending readily without breaking, splitting, etc.; pliant; flexible.
2. supple
characterized by ease in bending; limber; lithe:
supple movements.
3. supple
characterized by mental responsiveness and adaptability.
4. supple
compliant or yielding.
5. supple
obsequious; servile.
6. (v.i.) supple
to make or become supple.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF < L supplex submissive, suppliant =sup-sup - +-plic-, perh. the base of plicāre to fold1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike
moving and bending with ease
2. (adj) limber, supple
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
"a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
3. (verb) limber, supple
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
4. (verb) supple
make pliant and flexible
"These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) supple
pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers
2. (adj) supple
yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse
3. (adj) supple
bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious
4. (verb) supple
to make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather
5. (verb) supple
to make compliant, submissive, or obedient
6. (verb) supple
to become soft and pliant
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Sense: (of the body etc) bending easily
Take exercise if you want to keep supple; supple dancers.
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 Afrikaans: soepel |
 Arabic: لَيِّن، مَرِن، لَدِن |
 Bulgarian: гъвкав |
 Brazilian: flexível |
 Czech: ohebný, vláčný |
 German: geschmeidig |
 Danish: spændstig |
 Greek: ευλύγιστος, εύκαμπτος |
 Spanish: flexible |
 Estonian: nõtke |
 Farsi: نرم |
 Finnish: notkea |
 French: souple |
 Hebrew: גָמִיש |
 Hindi: सुनम्य |
 Croatian: savitljiv, gibak |
 Hungarian: hajlékony |
 Indonesian: lentur |
 Icelandic: sveigjanlegur, lipur |
 Italian: agile, flessibile |
 Japanese: しなやかな |
 Korean: 유연한 |
 Lithuanian: lankstus |
 Latvian: lokans |
 Malay: lembut |
 Dutch: lenig |
 Norwegian: myk, bøyelig, spenstig |
 Polish: gibki, giętki |
 Persian: نرم |
 Pashto: نرم |
 Portuguese: flexível |
 Romanian: suplu |
 Russian: гибкий |
 Slovak: ohybný, pružný |
 Slovenian: gibek |
 Serbian: savitljiv |
 Swedish: mjuk, smidig, spänstig |
 Thai: ความยืดหยุ่น |
 Turkish: esnek |
 Taiwanese: 易彎曲的，柔軟的 |
 Ukrainian: робити(ся) гнучким |
 Urdu: لچک دار |
 Vietnamese: dẻo, dễ uốn |
 Chinese: 易弯的，柔软的 |
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