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# pliant

adjective (pliant; more pliant, most pliant)

«pliant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Pliant means bendy and easy to bend or shape without breaking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliant/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories willow and rushes are pliant, so they can be woven into a net; a pliant person is easy to persuade

### Examples

- They wove a net with the pliant willow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliant/#x1)
- Young twigs are pliant, but old wood is stiff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliant/#x2)
- She has a pliant mind and learns quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliant/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pliant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pliant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pliant.html) on Mova free.