Definition of pliable

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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..

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Crease :: Crease (n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced..
Suppletive :: Suppleness (n.) The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
Unappliable :: Unappliable (a.) Inapplicable.
Lithy :: Lithy (a.) Easily bent; pliable.
Unstarch :: Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
Cushiony :: Cushiony (a.) Like a cushion; soft; pliable.
Sack :: Sack (n.) A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch..
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..
Incompliable :: Incompliable (a.) Not compliable; not conformable.
Strap :: Strap (n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging..
Compliable :: Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Wadding :: Wadding (n.) A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made..
Lead :: Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide..
Multiplicable :: Multiplicable (a.) Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.
Waxy :: Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible..
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..
Cheverliize :: Cheverliize (v. i.) To make as pliable as kid leather.
Flexile :: Flexile (a.) Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.
Supple-jack :: Supple-jack (n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem..
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