supple in English dictionary

  • supple

    Meanings and definitions of "supple"

    • adjective
      pliant, flexible, easy to bend
    • adjective
      lithe and agile when moving and bending
    • adjective
      compliant; yielding to the will of others
    • verb
      To make or become supple.
    • verb
      To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
    • flexible and compliant
    • adjective
      gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
    • adjective
      (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
    • adjective
      (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
    • verb
      make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"

    Synonyms of "supple" in English dictionary

    lissom, sylphlike, svelte are the top synonyms of "supple" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of supple

    • supple ( comparative suppler, superlative supplest)
    • supple; st. wyższy  stopień wyższy suppler; st. najwyższy  stopień najwyższy supplest
    • supple (comparative suppler, superlative supplest)
    • supple (third-person singular simple present supples, present participle suppling, simple past and past participle suppled)
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