Flexible
Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable.
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Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: ductile, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable.
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Some common synonyms of flexible are elastic, resilient, springy, and supple. While all these words mean "able to endure strain without being permanently injured," flexible applies to something which
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FLEXIBLE definition: capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent. See examples of flexible used in a sentence.
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flexible applies to something which may or may not be resilient or elastic but which can be bent or folded without breaking.
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FLEXIBLE meaning: 1 : capable of bending or being bent; 2 : easily changed able to change or to do different things
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Something or someone that is flexible is able to change easily and adapt to different conditions and circumstances as they occur.
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FLEXIBLE definition: 1. able to change or be changed easily according to the situation: 2. able to bend or to be bent. Learn more.
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Flexible, limber, pliant refer to that which bends easily. Flexible refers to that which is capable of being bent and adds sometimes the idea of compressibility or expansibility: a flexible piece of rubber hose.
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Definition of flexible adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner''s Dictionary. (approving) able to change to suit new conditions or situations. Our plans need to be flexible enough to cater for the
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Something that is flexible is easily bent without breaking. The flexible drinking straw was invented in the 1930s by a man who saw his daughter struggling to drink a milkshake with a straight paper straw.
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