pliant

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪənt

[edit] Etymology

From Old French pliant.

[edit] Adjective

pliant (comparative more pliant, superlative most pliant)

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.
2. (figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• pliantly

[edit] Derived terms

• pliantness

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ailnpt
• plaint

[edit] French

[edit] Verb

pliant

1. Present participle of plier.

[edit] Adjective

pliant m. (f. pliante, m. plural pliants, f. plural pliantes)

1. pliant

   Sa mère a acheté un vélo pliant. - His mother bought a folding bicycle.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ailnpt
• pilant
• plaint