supple

Definition of Supple in English :

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Verb

1. supple

make pliant and flexible

Example Sentences:
'These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use'

Adjective

2. lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike

moving and bending with ease

3. limber, supple

(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable

Example Sentences:
'a supple mind'
'a limber imagination'

limber

4. limber, supple

(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

limber

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Supple

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adjective

1.

bending easily without damage

2.

capable of or showing easy or graceful movement; lithe

3.

mentally flexible; responding readily

4.

disposed to agree, sometimes to the point of servility

verb

5. rare

to make or become supple

Supple

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈsuppler or ˈsupplest

1.

easily bent or twisted; flexible; pliant

2.

able to bend and move easily and nimbly; lithe; limber

a supple body

3.

easily changed or influenced

4.

adaptable, as to changes

a supple mind

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsuppled or ˈsuppling

5.

to make or become supple

Supple

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adj. sup·pler, sup·plest

1. Readily bent, folded, or manipulated; pliant: a wallet made of supple leather. See Synonyms at flexible.

2. Moving and bending with agility; limber: a supple gymnast.

3. Adaptable to changing circumstances: "The supple ambiguities of English are a large part of its genius" (Mark Abley).

tr. & intr.v. sup·pled, sup·pling, sup·ples

To make or become supple.

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