Supple

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Readily bent; pliant.
  • adj. Moving and bending with agility; limber.
  • adj. Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable. See Synonyms at flexible.
  • v. To make or become supple.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. pliant, easy to bend
  • adj. lithe and agile when moving and bending
  • adj. flexible and compliant
  • v. To make or become supple.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pliant; flexible; easily bent.
  • adj. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance.
  • adj. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
  • v. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible.
  • v. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
  • verb-intransitive. To become soft and pliant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pliant; flexible; easily bent: as, supple joints; supple fingers.
  • Yielding; compliant; not obstinate.
  • Capable of adapting one's self to the wishes and opinions of others; bending to the humor of others; obsequious; fawning; also, characterized by such obsequiousness, as words and acts.
  • Tending to make pliant or pliable; soothing.
  • Synonyms Lithe, limber, lissome.
  • To make supple; make pliant; render flexible: as, to supple leather.
  • To make compliant, submissive, humble, or yielding.
  • Specifically, to train (a saddle-horse) by making him yield with docility to the rein, bending his neck to left or right at the slightest pressure.
  • To soothe.
  • To become soft and pliant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
  • adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
  • v. make pliant and flexible
  • adj. moving and bending with ease
  • Equivalent
    flexible    flexile    graceful   
    Verb Form
    suppled    supples    suppling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter   
    Form
    suppled    suppling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pliant    yielding    flattering    compliant    bending    flexible    soft    fawning    obsequious    complaisant   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    couple    decouple    quintuple    uncouple   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lithe    agile    sinuous    slim    pliant    flexible    muscular    graceful    elastic    shapely