formative, shaping, plastic
(adjective) forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; “a formative influence”; “a formative experience”; “the plastic forces of nature”
fictile, moldable, plastic
(adjective) capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); “plastic substances such as wax or clay”
plastic, pliant
(adjective) capable of being influenced or formed; “the plastic minds of children”; “a pliant nature”
plastic
(noun) generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plastic (countable and uncountable, plural plastics)
A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
(colloquial, metonym) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
(slang) Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
(slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
plastic (comparative more plastic, superlative most plastic)
Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms: malleable, flexible, pliant, Thesaurus:moldable
Antonym: elastic
(medicine, now, rare) Producing tissue. [from 17th c.]
(dated) Creative, formative. [from 17th c.]
(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. [from 19th c.]
Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. [from 19th c.]
Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]
Inferior or not the real thing. [from 20th c.]
Synonym: ersatz
(informal, of a person) Fake.
Synonym: fake
Antonym: genuine
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Source: Wiktionary
-plas"tic. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.
Plas"tic, a. Etym: [L. plasticus, Gr. plastique.]
1. Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. Prior. See plastic Nature working to his end. Pope.
2. Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; - - used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
3. Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts. Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art. J. S. Harford. Plastic clay (Geol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; -- so called because used in making pottery. Lyell.
– Plastic element (Physiol.), one that bears within the germs of a higher form.
– Plastic exudation (Med.), an exudation thrown out upon a wounded surface and constituting the material of repair by which the process of healing is effected.
– Plastic foods. (Physiol.) See the second Note under Food.
– Plastic force. (Physiol.) See under Force.
– Plastic operation, an operation in plastic surgery.
– Plastic surgery, that branch of surgery which is concerned with the repair or restoration of lost, injured, or deformed parts of the body.
Definition: a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
