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