What is "supple" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does supple mean in English? Meaning of supple definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "supple" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "supple": make pliant and flexible

Verb

  • Meaning: make pliant and flexible
  • Example: These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use
  • Synonyms: supple
  • Hypernyms: alter change modify
  • Meaning of "supple": moving and bending with ease

    Adjective

  • Meaning: moving and bending with ease
  • Synonyms: lissom lissome lithe lithesome slender supple svelte sylphlike
  • Similar: graceful
  • Meaning of "supple": (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
  • Example: a supple mind a limber imagination
  • Synonyms: limber supple
  • Similar: flexible
  • Meaning of "supple": (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
  • Synonyms: limber supple
  • Similar: flexible flexile
  • Adjective: pliant, flexible, easy to bendlithe and agile when moving and bending supple joints; supple fingerscompliant; yielding to the will of others a supple horse John Locke If punishment […] makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.John Locke If punishment […] makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
  • Synonyms:

    lithe, elastic, pliable, limber, agile, malleable, springy, pliant, flexible, resilient, graceful, svelte, wiry, bending, rubber, yielding, stretch, adaptable, ductile, lissome, plastic, willowy, moldable, lithesome, stretchy,

    Antonyms:

    rigid, unyielding, unbendable, awkward, fat, stiff, thick, inflexible, unadaptable, unpliable, brittle, hard, unflexible,

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