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.
The Coleman Lantern is a line of pressure lamps first introduced by the Coleman Company in 1914. This led to a series of lamps that were originally made to burn kerosene or gasoline.Current models use kerosene, gasoline, Coleman fuel (White gas) or propane and use one or two mantles to produce an intense white light.Over the years more than 50 million of the lanterns have been sold throughout the world.There are also electric lanterns sold under the Coleman brand name.urrent models use kerosene, gasoline, Coleman fuel (White gas) or propane and use one or two mantles to produce an intense white light. Over the years more than 50 million of the lanterns have been sold throughout the world. There are also electric lanterns sold under the Coleman brand name.