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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Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..
Compliable :: Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Appliable :: Appliable (a.) Applicable; also, compliant..
Cushiony :: Cushiony (a.) Like a cushion; soft; pliable.
Unstarch :: Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
Suppletive :: Suppleness (n.) The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
Temper :: Temper (v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.
Supple-jack :: Supple-jack (n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem..
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..
Lithy :: Lithy (a.) Easily bent; pliable.
Membranaceous :: Membranaceous (a.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar..
Dough-faced :: Dough-faced (a.) Easily molded; pliable.
Multiplicable :: Multiplicable (a.) Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.
Waxy :: Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible..
Ductility :: Ductility (n.) Tractableness; pliableness.
Strap :: Strap (n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging..
Toboggan :: Toboggan (n.) A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow..
Crease :: Crease (n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced..
Pliability :: Pliability (n.) The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition..
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