supple

«supple» in Mova's school dictionary: Able to bend and move easily: a supple body, supple joints — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (supple, suppler, supplest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Able to bend and move easily: a supple body, supple joints. tree →

2) Soft and bending without cracking: supple leather, a supple branch. tree →

sense in the lessons

A body and materials word. In PE, stretching keeps muscles supple; gymnasts and dancers are very supple. In science, materials like rubber and willow twigs are supple. In The Wind in the Willows, the supple willow branches bend over the river.

examples

• Gymnasts are very supple. tree →
• Stretching every day keeps your body supple. tree →
• Willow twigs are supple enough to weave baskets. tree →
• The old leather boots were still soft and supple. tree →
• Cats are supple and can squeeze through gaps. tree →
• Oil keeps the saddle supple. tree →

note

Adjective; comparative «suppler», superlative «supplest»; noun «suppleness». Similar: flexible, bendy. Opposite: stiff, rigid.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «supple» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.