Definitions for SUPPLE
ˈsʌp əlsup·ple

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlikeadjective

   moving and bending with ease

2. limber, suppleadjective

   (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable

   "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"

3. limber, suppleverb

   (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

4. suppleverb

   make pliant and flexible

   "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suppleverb

   To make or become supple.

2. suppleadjective

   pliant, easy to bend

3. suppleadjective

   lithe and agile when moving and bending

4. suppleadjective

   flexible and compliant

5. Etymology: From souple, from souple, soupple, from supplex, supplex, of uncertain formation. Either from sub + plico (compare complex), or from sub + placo. More at sub-, placate.

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

1. SUPPLEadjective

   Etymology: souple, French.

   1. Pliant; flexible.

   The joints are more supple to all seats of activity in youth than afterwards. Francis Bacon.

   Will ye submit your necks, and chuse to bend
   The supple knee? John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   And sometimes went, and sometimes ran
   With supple joints, as lively vigour led. John Milton.

   No women are apter to spin linen well than the Irish, who labouring little in any kind with their hands, have their fingers more supple and soft than other women of the poorer condition in England. William Temple.

   2. Yielding; soft; not obstinate.

   When we’ve stuff’d
   These pipes and these conveyances of blood
   With wine and feeding, we have suppler souls
   Than in our priestlike fasts. William Shakespeare.

   Ev’n softer than thy own, of suppler kind,
   More exquisite of taste, and more than man refin’d. Dryden.

   If punishment reaches not the mind, and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. John Locke.

   3. Flattering; fawning; bending.

   There is something so supple and insinuating in this absurd unnatural doctrine, as makes it extremely agreeable to a prince’s ear. Addison.

   4. That which makes supple.

   Each part depriv’d of supple government,
   Shall stiff, and stark, and cold appear, like death. William Shakespeare.

2. To Suppleverb

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. To make pliant; to make soft; to make flexible.

   Poultices allaying pain, drew down the humours, and suppled the parts, thereby making the passages wider. William Temple.

   To supple a carcass, drench it in water. Arbuthnot.

   2. To make compliant.

   Knaves having by their own importunate suit,
   Convinc’d or suppl’d them, they cannot chuse,
   But they must blab. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter’s mind, and suppled her will, the only end of correction, she established her authority thoroughly ever after. John Locke, on Education.

3. To Suppleverb

   To grow soft; to grow pliant.

   The stones
   Did first the rigour of their kind expel,
   And suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supple

   Supple is a surname.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. supple

   Supple refers to something that is flexible, soft, and easily bends or adjusts without breaking or becoming damaged. It can describe a physical attribute, such as supple skin or leather, or it can describe mental or emotional adaptability, like a supple mind able to change perspective easily.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suppleadjective

   pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers

2. Suppleadjective

   yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse

3. Suppleadjective

   bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious

4. Suppleverb

   to make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather

5. Suppleverb

   to make compliant, submissive, or obedient

6. Suppleverb

   to become soft and pliant

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supple

   sup′l, adj. pliant: lithe: yielding to the humour of others: fawning.—v.t. to make supple: to make soft or compliant.—v.i. to become supple.—n. Supp′leness.—adj. Supp′le-sin′ewed, having supple sinews: lithe.—Supple Jack (U.S.), one of various climbing-shrubs with strong stems: a pliant cane. [Fr. souple—L. supplex, bending the knees—sub, under, plicāre, to fold.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SUPPLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Supple is ranked #25102 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Supple surname appeared 989 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Supple.
   
   95.6% or 946 total occurrences were White.
   1.9% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.

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Anagrams for SUPPLE »

1. peplus

How to pronounce SUPPLE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SUPPLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SUPPLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of SUPPLE in a Sentence

1. Robert Ford:

   This is a regime that is very supple politically. They’re very smart.

2. Frank Straus Meyer:

   The ideal type of the Communist is a man in whom all individual, emotional, and unconscious elements have been reduced to a minimum and subjected to the control of an iron will, informed by a supple intellect. That intellect is totally at the service of a single and compelling idea, made incarnate in the Communist Party: the concept of History as an inexorable god whose ways are revealed ‘scientifically’ through the doctrine and method of Marxism-Leninism.

3. Hannah Baxter:

   Bathing Culture is my go-to for a delicious, certified organic, biodegradable body wash that smells divine and leaves my skin supple and smooth, i stock up on the gallon jug about every nine months or so to refill my glass pump bottle, which is way more convenient than forgetting to order body wash at the last minute and panic buying something random from a bodega.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SUPPLE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supple
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=SUPPLE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supple
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SUPPLE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=SUPPLE
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html