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Meaning of pliant

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pliant
      adj 1: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds
             of children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: {plastic},
             {pliant}]
      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" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable},
         {pliable}, {pliant}, {tensile}, {tractile}]
      3: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable
         person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a
         contract" [syn: {elastic}, {flexible}, {pliable}, {pliant}]
      4: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
         "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: {bendable},
         {pliable}, {pliant}, {waxy}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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