Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant: synonym: flexible.
- adjective Moving and bending with agility; limber.
- adjective Adaptable to changing circumstances.
- transitive & intransitive verb To make or become supple.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pliant; flexible; easily bent.
- adjective Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance.
- adjective Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
- intransitive verb To become soft and pliant.
- transitive verb To make soft and pliant; to render flexible.
- transitive verb To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
pliant ,easy tobend - adjective
lithe andagile whenmoving andbending - adjective
flexible andcompliant - verb To make or become supple.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
- adjective (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
- verb make pliant and flexible
- adjective moving and bending with ease
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Like the idea of the Creator, the reasons for their prevalence across the region is rooted in supple yet enduring epistemologies deriving from early Niger-Congo history.
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If you realize you added too much flour, add some more milk (1 tbsp at a time), until the dough is again supple and easy to handle.
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These treatments, however, are in short supple due to a significant dearth of democracy resulting from socially and politically entrenched power inequalities and hegemonic ideologies.
Wrong Answer! Boris 2009
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These treatments, however, are in short supple due to a significant dearth of democracy resulting from socially and politically entrenched power inequalities and hegemonic ideologies.
Archive 2009-07-01 Edstock 2009
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It is lighter, and fluffier than the purple (Day 3 Store Bought Lotion) bar and leaves the skin supple and soft.
Archive 2007-08-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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If you realize you added too much flour, add some more milk (1 tbsp at a time), until the dough is again supple and easy to handle.
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It is lighter, and fluffier than the purple (Day 3 Store Bought Lotion) bar and leaves the skin supple and soft.
Cream Soaps - Final Instructions & Recipes Anne-Marie 2007
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Researchers developed a new cosmetic agent to make skin supple, state-run media boasted.
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Cory Doctorow is building a reputation as a writer who consistently delivers unpredictable stories in supple, evocative prose.
Boing Boing: September 15, 2002 - September 21, 2002 Archives 2002
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These wigwams were built of branches of trees placed in a circle, which are bound at the top by a kind of creeper called supple-jack.
The Red True Story Book Andrew Lang 1900
lyuds commented on the word supple
jello: firm yet supple
August 29, 2008