The meaning of Pliable

adjective

Able to adjust to new conditions.

Usage examples:

Rats are highly adaptable to change

adjective

Able or willing to change

Usage examples:

He’s pretty adaptable, and change doesn’t bother him.

adjective

Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.

Usage examples:

Parents who have amenable children

adjective

That can be bent

Usage examples:

Bendable copper pipe

adjective

Capable of bending; soft and flexible.

Usage examples:

A bendy toy

adjective

Something that is bendy can be easily bent into new shapes without breaking

Usage examples:

A bendy toy, she was threading beads onto a bendy piece of wire., the carrots were old and bendy., …

adjective

Meekly ready to accept and follow instructions.

Usage examples:

A biddable, sweet-natured child

adjective

Able to be led or controlled easily

Usage examples:

As a breed these dogs are known for being biddable and obedient., they were looking for biddable em…

adjective

Disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent.

Usage examples:

A compliant labour force

adjective

Used to describe someone or something that obeys particular rules or laws

Usage examples:

Compliant with sth the company expects to be reclassified as soon as its factories are fully compli…

adjective

Capable of being directed or influenced.

Usage examples:

The glider was fully controllable

adjective

Possible or easy to control

Usage examples:

The colour and brightness of the screen are controllable., it is a disease that is easily controlla…

adjective

Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.

Usage examples:

A cheap and docile workforce

adjective

Calm in manner and easy to control

Usage examples:

They have a big dog, but he’s real friendly and docile.

adjective

(of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire.

Usage examples:

Zirconium and zirconium-tin alloys are ductile metals and can be prepared by conventional processes.

adjective

A ductile metal can be bent or stretched easily.

adjective

(of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after being stretched or compressed.

Usage examples:

A tourniquet of rubber tubing or other elastic material is placed around the upper arm

noun

Cord, tape, or fabric, woven with strips of rubber, which returns to its original length or shape after being stretched.

Usage examples:

A polythene bag tied with elastic

adjective

(of a material) able to stretch and be returned to its original shape or size

Usage examples:

She bunched her ponytail and slipped on an elastic hair band., our plans are still very elastic.

adjective

Capable of bending easily without breaking.

Usage examples:

Flexible rubber seals

adjective

Able to change or be changed easily according to the situation

Usage examples:

I’m fortunate because my job has flexible hours, and i can come and go pretty much as i want., the …

adjective

A flexible person or company can work in different ways, at different times, or in different places when it is necessary

Usage examples:

How can we encourage employees to be more flexible?, be flexible about sth companies can now be mor…

adjective

Pliant and flexible.

Usage examples:

The serpent's flexile body

adjective

Easily influenced.

Usage examples:

Children are highly impressionable and susceptible to advertising

adjective

Easily influenced

Usage examples:

He’s at an impressionable age.

adjective

(of a person or body part) lithe or supple.

Usage examples:

I have to practise to keep myself limber

verb

Warm up in preparation for exercise or activity, especially sport or athletics.

Usage examples:

The acrobats were limbering up for the big show

noun

The detachable front part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels and an axle, a pole, and a frame holding one or more ammunition boxes.

Usage examples:

The ammunition limber was the worst for wear and required the most work.

adjective

(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking.

Usage examples:

A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet

adjective

Easily influenced, trained, or controlled

Usage examples:

Mother wanted me to be a malleable girl who would take her advice.

adjective

Able to be controlled or dealt with without difficulty.

Usage examples:

Her long hair was black, wavy, and manageable

noun

A synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, pvc, nylon, etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form.

Usage examples:

Mains pipes should be made of plastic or copper

adjective

Made of plastic.

Usage examples:

Plastic bottles

Synthetic material that can be molded into objects

adjective

Easily bent.

Usage examples:

Pliant willow stems

adjective

Pliant people are easily influenced or controlled by other people

Usage examples:

I don't think it's a good thing for children to be too pliant., the management has adopted a more p…

adjective

Springing back quickly when squeezed or stretched; elastic.

Usage examples:

The springy turf

adjective

Returning quickly to the usual shape, after being pulled, pushed, crushed, etc.

Usage examples:

The turf feels very springy underfoot.

adjective

Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

Usage examples:

Her supple fingers

verb

Make more flexible.

Usage examples:

I was also able to concentrate on bending and suppling him laterally.

adjective

Bending or able to be bent easily; not stiff

Usage examples:

His supple fingers manipulated the needle with the utmost delicacy., fig. adams brings a supple (= …

adjective

Relating to tension.

Usage examples:

A tensile force

adjective

(of a person) easy to control or influence.

Usage examples:

She has always been tractable and obedient, even as a child

adjective

Easily dealt with, controlled, or persuaded

Usage examples:

The problem turned out to be less tractable than i had expected.

adjective

Flexible; springy.

Usage examples:

New growths of whippy sapling twigs

adjective

Moving or being able to move backwards and forwards quickly

Usage examples:

The sea creature has a whippy tail that helps it propel swiftly through the water., as we squeezed …

adjective

Moving or being able to move backwards and forwards quickly

Usage examples:

The sea creature has a whippy tail that helps it propel swiftly through the water., as we squeezed …

adjective

Able to be worked, fashioned, or manipulated.

Usage examples:

More flour and salt can be added until they make a workable dough

adjective

Likely to do or achieve what is intended

Usage examples:

A workable plan/solution

adjective

(of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid.

Usage examples:

She dropped on to the yielding cushions

verb

Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).

Usage examples:

The land yields grapes and tobacco

adjective

Soft substances or qualities that are yielding can bend

Usage examples:

A yielding mire of wet leaves, yielding flesh/softness