pliant
adjective (pliant; more pliant, most pliant)
Everyday
Pliant means bendy and easy to bend or shape without breaking. tree →
In the lessons
in stories willow and rushes are pliant, so they can be woven into a net; a pliant person is easy to persuade
Examples
- They wove a net with the pliant willow. tree →
- Young twigs are pliant, but old wood is stiff. tree →
- She has a pliant mind and learns quickly. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «pliant» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «pliant» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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