Elastic

Adjective

 * 1) Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
 * The rope is somewhat elastic, so expect it to give when you pull on it.
 * 1) Made of elastic.
 * elastic band
 * 1) Of clothing, elasticated.
 * 2)  Sensitive to changes in price.
 * Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy.
 * 1) * 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
 * He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.
 * He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.

Synonyms

 * stretchy
 * stretchable

Related terms

 * elasticated
 * elasticated


 * elastic band
 * inelastic
 * elasticity

Noun
elastic (countable and uncountable; plural elastics)


 * 1)  An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
 * Running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt.
 * 1)  An elastic band.

Thesaurus
Lastex, accommodating, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, airy, animated, baleen, battledore, bendable, bending, bouncy, buoyant, chewing gum, compliant, compressible, contractile, convalescent, dilatant, distensive, ductile, ebullient, effervescent, elastomer, expandable, expansible, expansile, expansional, expansive, extensible, extensile, extensional, extensive, fabricable, facile, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, formable, formative, gay, giving, gum, gum elastic, handball, high-spirited, impressible, impressionable, inflatable, inflationary, jumping jack, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, lively, malleable, mettlesome, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, racket, receptive, recuperative, recuperatory, resilient, responsive, reviviscent, rubber, rubber ball, rubber band, rubberlike, rubbery, sensitive, sequacious, shapable, soaring, spandex, spirited, sprightly, spring, springboard, springy, stretch, stretch fabric, stretchable, stretchy, submissive, supple, susceptible, tractable, tractile, trampoline, vivacious, volatile, whalebone, whippy, willowy, yielding

Etymology
From elasticus: <  as if * undefined: for ἐλατής:, equiv. to ἐλατήρ: < ἐλαύνειν:.

Adjective

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: dehnbar,
 * Italian: ,
 * Manx: so-lhoobey


 * Norwegian:, strekkbar
 * Persian: الاستیک, ارتجاعی,  کشسان
 * Russian: эластичный, гибкий
 * Scottish Gaelic: lastaig
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: elastik


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Scottish Gaelic: lastaig

elasticated See elasticated


 * French:


 * Norwegian: priselastisk

Noun

 * French: élastique


 * Scottish Gaelic: lastaig

elastic band See elastic band

Anagrams

 * Castile
 * laciest
 * latices
 * salicet