supple

1. a. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. Source: opted

2. a. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. Source: opted

3. a. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Source: opted

4. v. t. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. Source: opted

5. v. t. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. Source: opted

6. v. i. To become soft and pliant. Source: opted

7. adj. gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease Source: wordnet

8. adj. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable Source: wordnet

9. adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely Source: wordnet

10. v. make pliant and flexible Source: wordnet

11. 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. 2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke. 3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Addison. Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser. 2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. Locke. They should supple our stiff willfulness. Barrow. To become soft and pliant. The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden. Source: webster

12. To become soft and pliant.The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden. Source: adambom

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