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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "supplejack"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "suppleness"
}
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"2": "enm",
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},
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},
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"3": "",
"4": "soft, lithe, yielding"
},
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"4": "suppliant, submissive, kneeling"
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},
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"1": "la",
"2": "plācō",
"3": "",
"4": "placate"
},
"expansion": "plācō (“placate”)",
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"2": "placate"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”), of uncertain formation. Either from sub + plicō (“bend”) (compare complex), or from sub + plācō (“placate”). More at sub-, placate.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "suppler",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "supplest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "supple (comparative suppler, superlative supplest)",
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 July 25, Don Peck, “Can the Middle Class Be Saved?”, in The Atlantic",
"text": "Global supply chains, meanwhile, have grown both tighter and more supple since the late 1990s—the result of improving information technology and of freer trade—making routine work easier to relocate.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Pliant, flexible, easy to bend."
],
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"Pliant",
"pliant"
],
[
"flexible",
"flexible"
],
[
"easy",
"easy"
],
[
"bend",
"bend"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gǎvkav",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "гъвкав"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "elastičen",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "еластичен"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "róuruǎn",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "柔软"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "taipuisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "notkea"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "souple"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "geschmeidig"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "hajlékony"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "kōngehengehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "pīngawingawi"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "bøyelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "sople"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "plegadís"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "suplu"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "poddajný"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 12 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "flexible"
}
]
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{
"text": "supple joints",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "supple fingers",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Lithe and agile when moving and bending."
],
"id": "en-supple-en-adj-QiERyi0D",
"links": [
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"Lithe",
"lithe"
],
[
"agile",
"agile"
],
[
"moving",
"moving"
],
[
"bending",
"bending"
]
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"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gǎvkav",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "гъвкав"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "taipuisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "notkea"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "souple"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "hajlékony"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "ruganyos"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "rugalmas"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "scaoilte"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "moruki"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "raungawari"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "smidig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "sople"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "smidig"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a supple horse",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Compliant; yielding to the will of others."
],
"id": "en-supple-en-adj-tjrlPSbA",
"links": [
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"Compliant",
"compliant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podatliv",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "податлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "taipuisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "myöntyvä"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "souple"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "engedelmes"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "szófogadó"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "duttile"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "malleabile"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "føyelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "bøyelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "sople"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 11 64",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "compliant",
"word": "domètge"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈsʌpəl/",
"tags": [
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"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌpəl"
},
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
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}
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{
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "suppling",
"tags": [
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"present"
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{
"form": "suppled",
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"past"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"To make or become supple."
],
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[
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[
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"make#Verb"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To make or become supple."
],
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make or become supple",
"word": "hajlékonnyá tesz/válik"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make or become supple",
"word": "betör"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make or become supple",
"word": "megtör"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make or become supple",
"word": "mykne"
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]
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{
"ref": "a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of contentment, patience and resignation to the will of God",
"text": "They should supple our stiff wilfulness.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To make compliant, submissive, or obedient."
],
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],
[
"submissive",
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"obedient"
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],
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"(transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient."
],
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}
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"ref": "2011 July 25, Don Peck, “Can the Middle Class Be Saved?”, in The Atlantic",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "гъвкав"
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "柔软"
},
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
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},
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "souple"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "geschmeidig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "hajlékony"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "kōngehengehe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "bøyelig"
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{
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "sople"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "plegadís"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "suplu"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
"word": "poddajný"
},
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"sense": "pliant, easy to bend",
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"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "ruganyos"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "scaoilte"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "moruki"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
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"sense": "lithe and agile when moving and bending",
"word": "smidig"
},
{
"code": "oc",
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "smidig"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "compliant",
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},
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"code": "fi",
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},
{
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"word": "duttile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"word": "malleabile"
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"ref": "a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of contentment, patience and resignation to the will of God",
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"tags": [
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make or become supple",
"word": "hajlékonnyá tesz/válik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make or become supple",
"word": "betör"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make or become supple",
"word": "megtör"
},
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"sense": "to make or become supple",
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