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Definition of pliant

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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..

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Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc..

Wicker :: Wicker (n.) A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

Preatory :: Preatory (a.) Suppliant; beseeching.

Limber :: Limber (a.) Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

Obsequious :: Obsequious (a.) Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite..

Facile :: Facile (a.) Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..

Compliant :: Compliant (a.) Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

Supple-chapped :: Supple (v. i.) To become soft and pliant.

Supple :: Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers..

Cheveril :: Cheveril (a.) Made of cheveril; pliant.

Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.

Humor :: Humor (v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.

Obsequiously :: Obsequiously (adv.) In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.

Supple :: Supple (a.) Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse..

Mood :: Mood (n.) Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood..

Lithe :: Lithe (a.) Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis..

Chibouk :: Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay..

Flexile :: Flexile (a.) Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

Pliancy :: Pliancy (n.) The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod..