| Supple |
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. |
a. |
| Supple |
Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. |
a. |
| Supple |
Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. |
a. |
| Supple |
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. |
v. t. |
| Supple |
To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. |
v. t. |
| Supple |
To become soft and pliant. |
v. i. |
| Supple-jack |
A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. |
n. |
| Supple-jack |
A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. |
n. |
| Chapped |
of Chap |
imp. & p. p. |