Definition of pliant Pliant
/plajˈʌnt/ - [playunt] - pli•ant
We found 9 definitions of pliant from 4 different sources.
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What does pliant mean?
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| pliant - capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" | ||
| bendable, pliable, waxy | ||
| flexile, flexible bending and snapping back readily without breaking | ||
| pliant - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" | ||
| elastic, flexible, pliable | ||
| adaptable capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths" | ||
| pliant - 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" | ||
| ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile, tractile | ||
| formed having or given a form or shape | ||
| pliant - capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" | ||
| plastic | ||
| impressible, impressionable, waxy easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pliant (v.)
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. - pliant (v.)
Favorable to pliancy.
