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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. capable of being influenced or formed;
- Example: "the plastic minds of children"
- Example: "a pliant nature"
[syn: plastic, pliant]

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:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

            The will was then ductile and pliant to right
            reason.                               --South.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] "A pliant hour." --Shak. --
      Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]