Definitions for: Pliant


[adj] capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
[adj] capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
[adj] able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
[adj] capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"



Webster (1913) Definition: Pli"ant, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See
Ply, v.]
1. 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.

The will was then ductile and pliant to right
reason. --South.

2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] ``A pliant hour.'' --Shak. --
Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.

Synonyms: adaptable, bendable, ductile, elastic, flexible, flexile, impressible, impressionable, malleable, plastic, pliable, tensile, tractile

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