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supple

['sʌpl] брит. / амер.

  1. прил.

    1. гибкий, мягкий, эластичный

    2. податливый, покладистый, послушный, уступчивый

    3. льстивый; услужливый, угодливый

    4. шотл. умный, хитрый

  2. гл.

    1. делать гибким, мягким, смягчать

    2. делаться гибким, мягким

Examples from texts

In all the Realms, there was no armor as supple and finely crafted as drow chain mail.
Во всех Королевствах не было доспехов более эластичных и мастерски сделанных, чем дровская кольчуга.
Salvatore, Robert / HomelandСальваторе, Роберт / Отступник
Отступник
Сальваторе, Роберт
© ИЦ "Максима", 2007
© 1990 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© А. Кострова, перевод, 2002
Homeland
Salvatore, Robert
© 1990 TSR, Inc.
Her cascade of dark curls shuddered as she turned her supple back.
Поли одним движением отбросила назад свои густые локоны.
Saintcrow, Lilith / Dead Man RisingСэйнткроу, Лилит / Возвращение мертвеца
Возвращение мертвеца
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© Перевод. С. Теремязева, 2009
© Издание на руском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© 2006 by Lilith Saintcrow
Dead Man Rising
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2006 by Lilith Saintcrow
Her figure was slender, not too tall, but supple as a snake's, with softly rounded, voluptuously expanding outlines, in which the freshness of childhood mingled with womanhood's nascent charms.
Альбина была не очень высокая, но удивительно стройная и гибкая, как змея; фигура ее отличалась мягкой сладострастной округлостью линий и редким изяществом еще развивающегося, полудетского, но уже созревающего тела.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
I wore the white robe of the god’s chosen, belted with supple silver like scales.
На мне было белое платье, выбор богов, с мягким серебряным поясом, похожим на чешую.
Saintcrow, Lilith / The Devil's Right HandСэйнткроу, Лилит / Правая рука дьявола
Правая рука дьявола
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© 2007 by Lilith Saintcrow
© Волковский В. Перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Издание на руском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
The Devil's Right Hand
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2007 by Lilith Saintcrow
He caught sight of Gemma, caught sight of Sanin, and with a sort of inward snort and a backward bend of his supple figure, he advanced with a dashing swing to meet them.
Он увидал Джемму, увидал Санина - и, как-то внутренне фыркнув и перегнув назад свой гибкий стан, щегольски пошел им навстречу.
Turgenev, I.S. / The Torrents of SpringТургенев, И.С. / Вешние воды
Вешние воды
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Torrents of Spring
Turgenev, I.S.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
The candleflames flickered, drenching Ganej's supple curves in light.
Свечи мерцали, колеблющийся свет обтекал мягкие изгибы Ганеши.
Saintcrow, Lilith / Saint City SinnersСэйнткроу, Лилит / Грешники Святого города
Грешники Святого города
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
Saint City Sinners
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2007 by Lilith Saintcrow
Irina clung closer than before to him with all her youthful supple body.
Ирина сильнее прежнего прижималась к нему всем своим молодым и гибким телом.
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979
'Oh, but you're one of the "hands off!" sort,' I thought, in my turn stealing a look at her supple frame, her hollow breast, and her quick, angular movements.
"О, да ты «не тронь меня», – подумал я, в свою очередь украдкой посматривая на ее гибкий стан, впалую грудь и угловатые, проворные движения.
Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.2Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.2
A Sportsman's Sketches v.2
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Записки охотника т.2
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
And when she clasped him with her supple curving arms, he half expected to see her, so slight and slender she was, twine herself around him.
А когда она обвивала его голыми, гибкими, как змейки, руками, ему так хотелось, чтобы эта худенькая девочка свернулась рядом с ним калачиком, да так и заснула бы, тесно прильнув к нему.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
And so accurate was his recollection of her that he could once more see a scratch upon one of her supple wrists, a rosy scar on her white skin.
Воспоминание о ней было таким отчетливым, что он видел сейчас даже маленькую царапину на ее тонком запястье – розовую царапину на белой коже.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
She vanished altogether under her hat; nothing could be seen but her neck, supple and tender as the stalk of a big flower.
Она вся исчезла под шляпой: виднелась только шея, гибкая и нежная, как стебель крупного цветка.
Turgenev, I.S. / The Torrents of SpringТургенев, И.С. / Вешние воды
Вешние воды
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Torrents of Spring
Turgenev, I.S.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
In spite of his fifty-four years, he was so slim, agile, supple, he made puns and hummed to the gipsies' tunes so charmingly.
Несмотря на свои пятьдесят четыре года, он был так строен, ловок, гибок, так мило каламбурил и подпевал цыганкам.
Чехов, А.П. / Володя большой и Володя маленькийChekhov, A. / The two Volodyas
The two Volodyas
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Володя большой и Володя маленький
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974
I practiced until my fingers were supple as snakes.
Я упражнялся, пока мои пальцы не приобрели змеиную изворотливость.
Harrison, Harry / The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the CircusГаррисон, Гарри / Стальная Крыса на манеже
Стальная Крыса на манеже
Гаррисон, Гарри
© 1999 by Harry Harrison
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", Издательство "Александр Корженевский", 2008
© Перевод. Г. Корчагин, 2002
The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
Harrison, Harry
© 1999 by Harry Harrison
Tall, slim, but strong and supple, she struck one by the irregularities of the lines of her face.
Высокая, тоненькая, но гибкая и сильная, она даже поражала неправильностью линий своего лица.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
I tell you that rogue, Grushenka, has a supple curve all over her body. You can see it in her little foot, even in her little toe.
Я говорю тебе: изгиб. У Грушеньки, шельмы, есть такой один изгиб тела, он и на ножке у ней отразился, даже в пальчике-мизинчике на левой ножке отозвался.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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supple1/6
'sʌplAdjectiveгибкий; мягкий; эластичныйExamples

supple skin — мягкая кожа
supple mind — гибкий ум
supple movement — мягкое движение

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Collocations

supple Tam
марионетка
arm supple
мягкое движение рукой
supple movement
волна
suppling movement of the body
волна

Word forms

supple

verb
Basic forms
Pastsuppled
Imperativesupple
Present Participle (Participle I)suppling
Past Participle (Participle II)suppled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I supplewe supple
you suppleyou supple
he/she/it supplesthey supple
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am supplingwe are suppling
you are supplingyou are suppling
he/she/it is supplingthey are suppling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have suppledwe have suppled
you have suppledyou have suppled
he/she/it has suppledthey have suppled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been supplingwe have been suppling
you have been supplingyou have been suppling
he/she/it has been supplingthey have been suppling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I suppledwe suppled
you suppledyou suppled
he/she/it suppledthey suppled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was supplingwe were suppling
you were supplingyou were suppling
he/she/it was supplingthey were suppling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had suppledwe had suppled
you had suppledyou had suppled
he/she/it had suppledthey had suppled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been supplingwe had been suppling
you had been supplingyou had been suppling
he/she/it had been supplingthey had been suppling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will supplewe shall/will supple
you will suppleyou will supple
he/she/it will supplethey will supple
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be supplingwe shall/will be suppling
you will be supplingyou will be suppling
he/she/it will be supplingthey will be suppling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have suppledwe shall/will have suppled
you will have suppledyou will have suppled
he/she/it will have suppledthey will have suppled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been supplingwe shall/will have been suppling
you will have been supplingyou will have been suppling
he/she/it will have been supplingthey will have been suppling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would supplewe should/would supple
you would suppleyou would supple
he/she/it would supplethey would supple
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be supplingwe should/would be suppling
you would be supplingyou would be suppling
he/she/it would be supplingthey would be suppling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have suppledwe should/would have suppled
you would have suppledyou would have suppled
he/she/it would have suppledthey would have suppled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been supplingwe should/would have been suppling
you would have been supplingyou would have been suppling
he/she/it would have been supplingthey would have been suppling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am suppledwe are suppled
you are suppledyou are suppled
he/she/it is suppledthey are suppled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being suppledwe are being suppled
you are being suppledyou are being suppled
he/she/it is being suppledthey are being suppled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been suppledwe have been suppled
you have been suppledyou have been suppled
he/she/it has been suppledthey have been suppled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was suppledwe were suppled
you were suppledyou were suppled
he/she/it was suppledthey were suppled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being suppledwe were being suppled
you were being suppledyou were being suppled
he/she/it was being suppledthey were being suppled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been suppledwe had been suppled
you had been suppledyou had been suppled
he/she/it had been suppledthey had been suppled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be suppledwe shall/will be suppled
you will be suppledyou will be suppled
he/she/it will be suppledthey will be suppled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been suppledwe shall/will have been suppled
you will have been suppledyou will have been suppled
he/she/it will have been suppledthey will have been suppled

supple

adjective
Positive degreesupple
Comparative degreesuppler
Superlative degreesupplest