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# pliable

«pliable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Easily bent without breaking; flexible** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more pliable, most pliable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Easily bent without breaking; flexible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/#m1)

2) (about people) Easily persuaded or controlled by others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on materials: pliable materials include clay, wire, rubber and willow; brittle ones like glass break instead. In stories and safety talks, a pliable person might be easily talked into doing something wrong.

### examples

- Willow twigs are pliable, so we can weave baskets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/#x1)
- Warm the clay in your hands to make it more pliable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/#x2)
- Copper wire is pliable and easy to bend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/#x3)
- The leather became pliable after oiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/#x4)
- The bully picked a pliable boy to do his dirty work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/#x5)
- Pliable plastic is used for lunchboxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/#x6)

### note

Adjective. Similar: flexible, bendy, supple. Opposite: rigid, stiff, brittle. Spelling: -able. Related: pliant.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pliable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.