Definition of Supple

1. Adjective. Moving and bending with ease.


2. Verb. Make pliant and flexible. "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify

3. Adjective. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable. "A limber imagination"
Exact synonyms: Limber
Similar to: Flexible
Derivative terms: Suppleness

4. Adjective. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely.
Exact synonyms: Limber
Similar to: Flexible, Flexile
Derivative terms: Suppleness

Definition of Supple

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

2. v. t. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.

3. v. i. To become soft and pliant.

Definition of Supple

1. Adjective. pliant, easy to bend ¹

2. Adjective. lithe and agile when moving and bending ¹

3. Adjective. flexible and compliant ¹

4. Verb. To make or become supple. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Supple

1. pliant [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES] - See also: pliant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supple

supperhour
suppering
supperless
suppers
suppertime
suppertimes
supping
supplant
supplantation
supplantations
supplanted
supplanter
supplanters
supplanting
supplants
supple (current term)
suppled
supplejack
supplejacks
supplely
supplement
supplementable
supplemental
supplemental restraint system
supplemental restraint systems
supplementals
supplementarily
supplementarity
supplementary
supplementary angles

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