SUPPLE

limber, supple

(adjective) (used of persons’ bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

limber, supple

(adjective) (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; “a supple mind”; “a limber imagination”

lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, supple, sinuous

(adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease

supple

(verb) make pliant and flexible; “These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

supple (comparative suppler, superlative supplest)

pliant, flexible, easy to bend

lithe and agile when moving and bending

compliant; yielding to the will of others

Verb

supple (third-person singular simple present supples, present participle suppling, simple past and past participle suppled)

(ambitransitive) To make or become supple.

(transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

Anagrams

• peplus

Proper noun

Supple (plural Supples)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Supple is the 25102nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 989 individuals. Supple is most common among White (95.65%) individuals.

Anagrams

• peplus

Source: Wiktionary


Sup"ple, a. Etym: [OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. Supplicate.]

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

2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke.

3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Addison.

Syn.

– Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft.

Sup"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling.]

1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser.

2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. Locke. They should supple our stiff willfulness. Barrow.

Sup"ple, v. i.

Definition: To become soft and pliant. The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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