pli

fold, bend

Usage

  • pliant

    Something that is pliant is adaptable and can bend easily without breaking.

  • plight

    If you are in a plight, you are in trouble of some kind or in a state of unfortunate circumstances.

  • exploit

    An exploit is an act that is often brave or courageous.

  • simplify

    When you simplify something, you make it easier or not so hard to understand.

  • appliance

    a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

  • deploy

    place troops or weapons in battle formation

  • implied

    Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.

  • imply

    express or state indirectly

  • misapplied

    apply to a wrong thing or person

  • multiple

    having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual

  • oversimplify

    simplify to an excessive degree

  • pliable

    susceptible to being led or directed

  • pliancy

    the property of being pliant and flexible

  • pliers

    a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

  • ply(v.)

    give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

  • quadruple

    increase fourfold

  • simple

    having few parts

  • simplistic

    characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity

  • suppliant

    humbly entreating

  • triple

    increase threefold

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