Definitions for pliant

Overview of adj pliant

The adj pliant has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) plastic, pliant

(capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature")

2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile

(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")

3. elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant

(able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract")

4. bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy

(capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree")