pliant – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
pliant
adj.
flexible; bendable; easily influenced; easily molded or shaped
pliant
Adjective
1. capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"
(synonym) plastic
(similar) impressionable, impressible
2. able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
(synonym) elastic, flexible, pliable
(similar) adaptable
3. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
(synonym) bendable, pliable
(similar) flexible, flexile
4. 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"
(synonym) ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile, tractile
(similar) elastic
pliant
adj.
collapsible, folding, pliant
plier
v.
fold, bend; drape
Pliant
(v.)
Favorable to pliancy.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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pliant
folding that folds
folder
scaun pliant = folding chair / stool