The teenager showed off her pliant spine every time she draped herself over a piece of furniture. Why hanging upside down off the sofa didn't give her a headache, her mother would never know. Pliant has both a literal and a figurative meaning.
These verbs mean literally to move one way and then another, usually back and forth or to and fro. Some verbs often see figurative use: Swing usually applies to arclike movement of something attached at one extremity and free at the other: The ship's lanterns swung violently in the raging storm.2. a seat suspended from above by means of a loop of rope or between ropes or rods, on which one may sit and swing to and fro for recreation. 33. a style of jazz often played by a large dance band and marked by a smooth beat and flowing phrasing.
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc. 2. the chamber at the top of a lighthouse, surrounding the light. 3. magic lantern. 4. Architecture. a tall, more or less open construction admitting light to an enclosed area below.