making flexible
Increasing range of motion
Making flexible is causing something to bend more easily or adapt more readily.
Physical materials can be made flexible through treatment or processing: The oils make the leather flexible.
The phrase also applies to rules, schedules, or attitudes: We're making the policy more flexible to accommodate remote workers.
- bendCurve or flex
- bending over backwardsExtreme effort to please
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- versatileCapable in varied contexts
- moldForm-giving container
play it by ear · soften · loosen · open-mindedness · give and take · elasticity · suppleness · ductility · knead · twist · limber · lateral thinking · scalability · pliant · creativity · malleability · stretch · stretch goals
making flexiblestiffening
Becoming less pliable
hardening · rigidifying · solidifying · petrifying · calcifying
making flexibleconstraining
Imposing limits upon
restricting · locking in · entrenching · cementing · fixing
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