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mal·le·a·ble  (ml--bl)

adj.

1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.

2. Easily controlled or influenced; tractable.

3. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: the malleable mind of the pragmatist.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin mallebilis, from mallere, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]

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malle·a·bili·ty, malle·a·ble·ness n.

malle·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.

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malleable [mal-lee-a-bl]

Adjective

1. (esp. of metal) capable of being hammered or pressed into shape without breaking

2. able to be influenced [Medieval Latin malleabilis]

malleability n
malleably adv

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malleable  (ml--bl)

Capable of great deformation without breaking, when subject to compressive stress. Gold is the most malleable metal. Compare ductile.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	malleable - easily influenced ductile manipulable, 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, tensile formed - having or given a form or shape

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malleable

adjective 1. manageable, adaptable, compliant, impressionable, pliable, tractable, biddable, governable, like putty in your hands

adjective 2. workable, soft, plastic, tensile, ductile

Translations

malleable [ˈmælɪəbl] adj → maleable

malleable [ˈmælɪəbl] adj → malléable

malleable [ˈmælɪəbl] adj (lit, fig) → formbar

malleable [ˈmælɪəbl] adj → malleabile