supples
Renders more flexible
Supples is the verb form of supple, meaning to make or become flexible and pliant.
Muscles and joints supple through stretching; leather supples with conditioning.
The word appears most often in equestrian contexts, where exercises that supple a horse improve its bend and responsiveness: These lateral movements supple the horse's spine.
Becoming more flexible
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- bendingCurving from straight
- yieldingBending under pressure
pliability · elasticity · softening · relaxing · warming up · mobilizing · flexing · easing
Curving from straight
- collectionGathered set of items
- lateralOf the side
- flexionDecreasing a joint angle
- yieldingBending under pressure
half-halt · roundness · contact · engagement · impulsion · dressage · schooling · training
Learned behavioral adaptation
- softeningBecoming less firm
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- oilingApplying slick substance
- treatingDealing with medically
working · breaking in · moisturizing · preserving · dubbin · saddle soap · buffing · curing
limbering
Becoming more flexible
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- bendingCurving from straight
yielding · pliability · elasticity · softening · relaxing · warming up · mobilizing · flexing · easing · lengthening
bending
Curving from straight
- collectionGathered set of items
- lateralOf the side
- flexionDecreasing a joint angle
yielding · half-halt · roundness · contact · engagement · impulsion · dressage · schooling · training · responsiveness
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
treating · working · breaking in · moisturizing · preserving · dubbin · saddle soap · buffing · curing · hide
supplesstiffens
Becomes less pliable
hardens · rigidifies · toughens · solidifies · tenses