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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 [ˈmælɪəb^əl]

adj

1. (esp of metal) able to be worked, hammered, or shaped under pressure or blows without breaking

2. able to be influenced; pliable or tractable

[via Old French from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from Latin malleus hammer]

malleability  less commonly, malleableness 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 She was young enough to be malleable.

2. workable, soft, plastic, tensile, ductile Silver is the most malleable of all metals.

Translations

malleable [ˈmælɪəbl] ADJ → maleable, dúctil

malleable [ˈmæliəb^əl] adj

[substance] → malléable

[person] → influençable

malleable

adj → formbar (also fig), → weich; (of clay, wax also) → geschmeidig

malleable [ˈmælɪəbl] adj → malleabile

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malleable [ˈmælɪəbl] adj → malleabile