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The Meaning of supple
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(a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
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(a.) Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
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(a.) Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
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(v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
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(v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
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(v. i.) To become soft and pliant.
Synonyms
lissome
,
lissom
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lithe
,
lithesome
,
slender
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svelte
,
sylphlike
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limber
,
limber
Rhymes
couple
,
decouple
,
gripple
,
quintuple
,
ruppel
,
stipel
,
stipple
,
swipple
,
uncouple