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Meaning of 'pliant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- Favorable to pliancy.

Meaning of 'pliant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pliant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
Example in sentence:
  • a flexible personality;
  • an adaptable person;
  • an elastic clause in a contract
Meaning (2):
- capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Example in sentence:
  • a flexible wire;
  • a pliant young tree
Meaning (3):
- capable of being influenced or formed
Example in sentence:
  • a pliant nature;
  • the plastic minds of children
Meaning (4):
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Example in sentence:
  • ductile copper;
  • made of highly tensile steel alloy;
  • malleable metals such as gold;
  • pliant molten glass;
  • they soaked the leather to made it pliable

Nearby Words:

pliability pliable pliancy plica plicate plicated plication plicature plicidentine plied

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