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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Strap :: Strap (n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging..
Waxy :: Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible..
Lithy :: Lithy (a.) Easily bent; pliable.
Crease :: Crease (n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced..
Flexile :: Flexile (a.) Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.
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..
Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..
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..
Unstarch :: Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
Unappliable :: Unappliable (a.) Inapplicable.
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..
Wadding :: Wadding (n.) A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made..
Multiplicable :: Multiplicable (a.) Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.
Pliability :: Pliability (n.) The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition..
Compliable :: Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Cheverliize :: Cheverliize (v. i.) To make as pliable as kid leather.
Dough-faced :: Dough-faced (a.) Easily molded; pliable.
Spongy :: Spongy (a.) Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones..
Appliable :: Appliable (a.) Applicable; also, compliant..
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant..
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