Definition of flexible

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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..

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Edder :: Edder (n.) Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together..
Hookah :: Hookah (n.) A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water..
Bougie :: Bougie (n.) A long, flexible instrument, that is.
Opeidoscope :: Opeidoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it..
Tail :: Tail (n.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal..
Switch :: Switch (n.) A small, flexible twig or rod..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind.
Raddle :: Raddle (n.) A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence..
Stood :: Stony (superl.) Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze..
Supple :: Supple (v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather..
Dour :: Dour (a.) Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
Flag :: Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp..
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
Soft-finned :: Soft-finned (a.) Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain fishes.
Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
Yielding :: Yielding (a.) Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper..
Eager :: Eager (a.) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow..
Inflexibility :: Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy..
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