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Pliant Common

Pliant has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

capable of being influenced or formed

"the plastic minds of children"

"a pliant nature"

2

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"

3

able to adjust readily to different conditions

"an adaptable person"

"a flexible personality"

"an elastic clause in a contract"

4

capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

"a flexible wire"

"a pliant young tree"

5

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking

Example Sentences
"the plastic minds of children" adjective
"a pliant nature" adjective
"ductile copper" adjective
"malleable metals such as gold" adjective
"they soaked the leather to made it pliable" adjective
"pliant molten glass" adjective
"made of highly tensile steel alloy" adjective
"an adaptable person" adjective
"a flexible personality" adjective
"an elastic clause in a contract" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ant fant gant pant cant zant hant want tant lant vant sant rant kant quant shant idant beant grant brant
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