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supple skin

supple skin

1 3.2
Soft, flexible skin that looks healthy
  • noun
translation icon : piel flexible
  • Skin, you know, the supple skin of a child of a newborn, right?

Examples

  • He is tall, spare, with dark straight hair brushed straight back, pale, supple skin, and eyes of a blue scorched almost to black.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You want to have soft and supple skin and then for all races right here, stretch marks, cocoa butter formula.

  • So the one you want, if you want just like the softest, softest thing for your supple skin is this.

  • Regular use of moisturizer can help maintain your supple skin as you age.

  • Drinking plenty of water contributes to keeping your supple skin looking vibrant.

  • Using sunscreen daily is essential to protect your supple skin from sun damage.

Antonyms

dry
791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

How Supple

skin elasticity
  • Specialized
1 4.1
supple skin
1 3.2
firm
30 1.0
taut
30 4.8
dry
791 1.0

Surface Forms

supple skin singular
supple skins plural

Morphology

supple + skin

The meaning is directly compositional: the adjective 'supple' (flexible, able to bend) simply describes the noun 'skin', so a learner who knows both words will infer 'skin that is soft and flexible'. This is a basic adjective–noun collocation found across languages, making the phrase immediately understandable to B1 learners.

Etymology

Supple skin paints a simple image: supple, meaning able to bend and stretch, skin that moves easily, like a baby's skin. That's why it describes skin that is 'soft', 'flexible', and 'healthy'.