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(suppler, supplest) 1. A supple object or material bends or changes shape easily without cracking or breaking. The leather is supple and sturdy enough to last for years... ADJ 2. A supple person can move and bend their body very easily. Try these simple exercises to keep your feet supple. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English souple, from Anglo-French suple, from Latin supplic-, ~x entreating for mercy, supplicant, perhaps from sub- + -plic- (akin to plicare to fold) — more at ply Date: 14th century 1. a. compliant often to the point of obsequiousness b. readily adaptable or responsive to new situations 2. a. capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks ; pliant ~ leather b. able to perform bending or twisting movements with ease ; limber ~ legs of a dancer c. easy and fluent without stiffness or awkwardness sang with a lively, ~ voice — Douglas Watt Synonyms: see elastic • ~ly or supply adverb • ~ness noun II. verb (~d; suppling) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make pacific or complaisant ~ the tempers of your race — Laurence Sterne 2. to alleviate with a salve 3. to make flexible or pliant intransitive verb to become soft and pliant ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & v. --adj. (suppler, supplest) 1 flexible, pliant; easily bent. 2 compliant; avoiding overt resistance; artfully or servilely submissive. --v.tr. & intr. make or become supple. Derivatives suppleness n. Etymology: ME f. OF souple ult. f. L supplex supplicis submissive ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. гибкий supple cane —- гибкий прут supple limbs —- гибкие члены supple leather —- мягкая кожа supple mind —- гибкий ум 2. податливый, уступчивый supple horse —- хорошо выезженная лошадь 3. угодливый, услужливый, льстивый 4. делать (что-л.) мягким, гибким, гладким; смягчать 5. делать более гибким; мягчать, смягчаться 6. уст. успокаивать, смягчать (боль и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) гибкий; supple leather - мягкая кожа; supple mind - гибкий ум 2) податливый, уступчивый; supple horse - хорошо выезженная лошадь 3) льстивый; угодливый Syn: agile, limber, lithe, nimble, resilient, spry Ant: clumsy, heavy, slow 2. v. делать(ся) гибким, мягким ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1300, from O.Fr. souple "pliant, flexible," from Gallo-Romance *supples, from L. supplex "submissive, bending, kneeling down," thought to be an altered form of *supplacos "humbly pleading, appeasing," from sub "under" + placare "appease." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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