Pliable
adjective
Easily bent or flexible.
The leather is soft and pliable
Often appears as...
- pliable material
- pliable substance
adjective
Easily influenced or controlled.
He was pliable and did everything she asked
Often appears as...
- pliable person
- pliable mind
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Easily bent or flexible.
The leather is soft and pliable
Often appears as...
- pliable material
- pliable substance
adjective
Easily influenced or controlled.
He was pliable and did everything she asked
Often appears as...
- pliable person
- pliable mind
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Properties
Pliable describes objects that can be easily bent without breaking.
Craftsmen prefer pliable metals that can be shaped into intricate designs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Weak
A pliable material can be strong and durable, not necessarily fragile.
The pliable branches of the willow tree can withstand strong winds.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Depending on context, pliable can suggest something is of good quality or useful.
The plumber used a pliable tube to stop the leak.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Properties
Pliable describes objects that can be easily bent without breaking.
Craftsmen prefer pliable metals that can be shaped into intricate designs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Weak
A pliable material can be strong and durable, not necessarily fragile.
The pliable branches of the willow tree can withstand strong winds.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Depending on context, pliable can suggest something is of good quality or useful.
The plumber used a pliable tube to stop the leak.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Properties
Pliable describes objects that can be easily bent without breaking.
Craftsmen prefer pliable metals that can be shaped into intricate designs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Weak
A pliable material can be strong and durable, not necessarily fragile.
The pliable branches of the willow tree can withstand strong winds.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Depending on context, pliable can suggest something is of good quality or useful.
The plumber used a pliable tube to stop the leak.
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Float Like a Butterfly…...
You know, back into his tank and pretend like nothing happened So clever, so, so clever. And of course, they are carnivorous animals eating fish in that aquaria. Typically the common octopus always out and about looking for crustaceans, crabs and shrimps. And its soft, pliable body means that it can slip down into those cracks and crevices.
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How this disease changes...
To perform this vital task, red blood cells are filled with hemoglobin proteins to carry oxygen molecules. These proteins float independently inside the red blood cell’s pliable, doughnut-like shape, keeping the cells flexible enough to accommodate even the tiniest of blood vessels. But in sickle cell disease,
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The lovable (and lethal)...
To find their favorite food, sea lions hunt much deeper than many of their semi-aquatic peers. With some species diving to depths of nearly 400 meters, they’re able to cope with the mounting pressure by collapsing their pliable rib cage, and compressing a pair of springy lungs.
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Soft-Shell Crabs Created...
Birmingham may be on the way to finding a method to induce molting which leaves the blue crab with a soft shell molting in the spring and early summer allows the crab to grow and before its new exoskeleton has a chance to harden the crab is more pliable for just a period
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How One Man's Amazing...
years without ever fading I got to heat up the insulation so it's pliable right now kind of stick I started with the string of lights around the house my neighbor across the street told me that when I moved in here he got to add something new every year you know that's
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Safari Live - Day 230 PIPE...
and bee hives hence the name honey badger and they seem to be immune to the stings of the bees a very thick fur and very thick pliable skin make them very very resilient even to a leopard a lion might kill them quite easily but a leopard well my leopard thinks twice
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The Future of Fashion –...
And the answer is microstructure. So this is a microscope image of the collagen in cowhide. And it looks like a mess, it's just this jumble of fibers mixed together. At its essence, that structure is why leather is both pliable and strong.
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Engineer Builds Drone...
different than it is today you couldn't just buy these really nice pliable off-the-shelf drones I built this thing from scratch at at one point I was even pretty much just sleeping in the office to make sure that I could get this thing
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How mRNA Medicine Will...
that makes our skin tough but pliable. Like the actin and myosin in our muscles that enable us to move. Or our blood is full of hemoglobin, ferrying oxygen around. Antibodies protecting us from disease,
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We're building a...
is the same whether you're selling shoes or whether you're selling politics. The algorithms do not know the difference. The same algorithms set loose upon us to make us more pliable for ads
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Float Like a Butterfly…...
You know, back into his tank and pretend like nothing happened So clever, so, so clever. And of course, they are carnivorous animals eating fish in that aquaria. Typically the common octopus always out and about looking for crustaceans, crabs and shrimps. And its soft, pliable body means that it can slip down into those cracks and crevices.
Video examples
How this disease changes...
To perform this vital task, red blood cells are filled with hemoglobin proteins to carry oxygen molecules. These proteins float independently inside the red blood cell’s pliable, doughnut-like shape, keeping the cells flexible enough to accommodate even the tiniest of blood vessels. But in sickle cell disease,
Video examples
The lovable (and lethal)...
To find their favorite food, sea lions hunt much deeper than many of their semi-aquatic peers. With some species diving to depths of nearly 400 meters, they’re able to cope with the mounting pressure by collapsing their pliable rib cage, and compressing a pair of springy lungs.
Video examples
Soft-Shell Crabs Created...
Birmingham may be on the way to finding a method to induce molting which leaves the blue crab with a soft shell molting in the spring and early summer allows the crab to grow and before its new exoskeleton has a chance to harden the crab is more pliable for just a period
Video examples
How One Man's Amazing...
years without ever fading I got to heat up the insulation so it's pliable right now kind of stick I started with the string of lights around the house my neighbor across the street told me that when I moved in here he got to add something new every year you know that's
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 230 PIPE...
and bee hives hence the name honey badger and they seem to be immune to the stings of the bees a very thick fur and very thick pliable skin make them very very resilient even to a leopard a lion might kill them quite easily but a leopard well my leopard thinks twice
Video examples
The Future of Fashion –...
And the answer is microstructure. So this is a microscope image of the collagen in cowhide. And it looks like a mess, it's just this jumble of fibers mixed together. At its essence, that structure is why leather is both pliable and strong.
Video examples
Engineer Builds Drone...
different than it is today you couldn't just buy these really nice pliable off-the-shelf drones I built this thing from scratch at at one point I was even pretty much just sleeping in the office to make sure that I could get this thing
Video examples
How mRNA Medicine Will...
that makes our skin tough but pliable. Like the actin and myosin in our muscles that enable us to move. Or our blood is full of hemoglobin, ferrying oxygen around. Antibodies protecting us from disease,
Video examples
We're building a...
is the same whether you're selling shoes or whether you're selling politics. The algorithms do not know the difference. The same algorithms set loose upon us to make us more pliable for ads
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Quote examples
Melissa Leong
From hearty beet-red borscht and soft, pliable pierogi dumplings to dill-scented pickles and hearty braises, the food of Eastern Europe - that is The Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Georgia and their close neighbours - is tasty stuff, but it's never really taken off in Australia in any significant way.
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Cathy Engelbert
American Businesswoman
The most common characteristic of childhood building toys is that they snap together in one way or another. Technology is constantly shifting, and we should make sure that whatever we build is interoperable and pliable.
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Brett Hull
American Athlete
You can't get big in hockey. You need to be pliable... they've even taken fighting out of the game, so there's no more of those big huge guys who just fight.
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Quentin Crisp
English Writer
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
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Tia Carrere
American Actress
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.
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Edith Wharton
American Author
Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
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Xun Kuang
Chinese Philosopher
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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Abu Bakar Bashir
Indonesian Activist
Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
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Philip Zimbardo
American Psychologist
Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.
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Melissa Leong
From hearty beet-red borscht and soft, pliable pierogi dumplings to dill-scented pickles and hearty braises, the food of Eastern Europe - that is The Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Georgia and their close neighbours - is tasty stuff, but it's never really taken off in Australia in any significant way.
Quote examples
Cathy Engelbert
American Businesswoman
The most common characteristic of childhood building toys is that they snap together in one way or another. Technology is constantly shifting, and we should make sure that whatever we build is interoperable and pliable.
Quote examples
Brett Hull
American Athlete
You can't get big in hockey. You need to be pliable... they've even taken fighting out of the game, so there's no more of those big huge guys who just fight.
Quote examples
Quentin Crisp
English Writer
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
Quote examples
Tia Carrere
American Actress
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.
Quote examples
Edith Wharton
American Author
Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
Quote examples
Xun Kuang
Chinese Philosopher
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
Quote examples
Abu Bakar Bashir
Indonesian Activist
Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
Quote examples
Mark Twain
American Writer
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
Quote examples
Philip Zimbardo
American Psychologist
Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.
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