Search Result:pliable
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋplaIәbL 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊplaiәbl 〕
Overview of adj pliable
The adj pliable has 4 senses
- fictile, pliable -- (susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda")
- ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile -- (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")
- elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant -- (able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract")
- bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy -- (capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree")