malleable

mal·le·a·ble

M0062700 (măl′ē-ə-bəl)adj.1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.2. Easily controlled or influenced: "The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott).3. a. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: a malleable leader unafraid to compromise.b. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: the malleable rhythms of jazz.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from malleāre, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]

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mal′le·a·bil′i·ty, mal′le·a·ble·ness n.mal′le·a·bly adv.Synonyms: malleable, ductile, plastic, pliable, pliant
These adjectives mean capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out: malleable metals such as gold and silver; ductile copper; a plastic substance such as wax; soaked the leather to make it pliable; pliant molten glass.

malleable

(ˈmælɪəbəl) adj1. (esp of metal) able to be worked, hammered, or shaped under pressure or blows without breaking2. able to be influenced; pliable or tractable[C14: via Old French from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from Latin malleus hammer] ˌmalleaˈbility, ˈmalleableness n ˈmalleably adv

mal•le•a•ble

(ˈmæl i ə bəl)

adj. 1. capable of being extended or shaped, as by hammering or by pressure. 2. adaptable; tractable: a malleable personality. [1350–1400; < Medieval Latin malleābilis=malle(āre) to hammer + -ābilis -able] mal′le•a•bly, adv. mal`le•a•bil′i•ty, mal′le•a•ble•ness, n.

mal·le·a·ble

(măl′ē-ə-bəl) Capable of being shaped or formed in its solid state, especially by pressure or hammering. Gold is the most malleable substance known.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	malleable - easily influencedductilemanipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
	2.	malleable - capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"tractile, ductile, pliable, pliant, tensileformed - having or given a form or shape

malleable

adjective1. manageable, adaptable, compliant, impressionable, pliable, tractable, biddable, governable, like putty in your hands She was young enough to be malleable.2. workable, soft, plastic, tensile, ductile Silver is the most malleable of all metals.

malleable

adjective1. Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure:ductile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable.2. Easily altered or influenced:ductile, elastic, flexible, flexile, impressionable, plastic, pliable, pliant, suggestible, supple.3. Capable of adapting or being adapted:adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant, supple.

Translations

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