pliant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pliant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pliant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pliant adj capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" Synonym(s): plastic, pliant 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(s): ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" Synonym(s): elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" Synonym(s): bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pliant \Pli"ant\, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See {Ply}, v.] 1. 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. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] [bd]A pliant hour.[b8] --Shak. -- {Pli"antly}, adv. -- {Pli"antness}, n.