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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. susceptible to being led or directed;
- Example: "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"
[syn: fictile, pliable]

2. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;
- Example: "ductile copper"
- Example: "malleable metals such as gold"
- Example: "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"
- Example: "pliant molten glass"
- Example: "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
[syn: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]

3. able to adjust readily to different conditions;
- Example: "an adaptable person"
- Example: "a flexible personality"
- Example: "an elastic clause in a contract"
[syn: elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant]

4. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
- Example: "a flexible wire"
- Example: "a pliant young tree"
[syn: bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pliable \Pli"a*ble\, a. [F., fr. plier to bend, to fold. See
   Ply, v.]
   1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent;
      flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is
      a pliable plant.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence,
      arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be
      persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable
      youth. "Pliable she promised to be." --Dr. H. More.
      [1913 Webster] -- Pli"a*ble*ness, n. -- Pli"a*bly,
      adv.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pliable
    adj 1: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of
           people ripe for propaganda" [syn: fictile, pliable]
    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]