meaning of supple
1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
4. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
5. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
6. To become soft and pliant.
7. make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent
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