a. | 1. | Pliant; flexible; easily bent; |
2. | Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; | |
3. | Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. | |
v. t. | 1. | To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; |
2. | To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. | |
v. i. | 1. | To become soft and pliant. |
Verb | 1. | supple - make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use" |
Adj. | 1. | supple - gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease |
2. | supple - (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" Synonyms: limber | |
3. | supple - (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely Synonyms: limber |