What is the meaning of supple?

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verb

Make pliant and flexible.
- usage: "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"

adjective

Moving and bending with ease.
- synonyms: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, svelte, sylphlike
Used of e. G. Personality traits. ( readily adaptable)
- usage: "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
- synonyms: limber
Used of persons' bodies. ( capable of moving or bending freely).
- synonyms: limber

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