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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAL'LEABLE, a. [L. malleus. See Mall.] That may be drawn out and extended by beating; capable of extension by the hammer; a quality of metals, particularly of gold.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: easily influenced [syn: ductile, malleable]
2: 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" [syn: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English malliable, from Medieval Latin malleabilis, from malleare to hammer, from Latin malleus hammer — more at maul Date: 14th century 1. capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers 2. a. capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences b. having a capacity for adaptive change Synonyms: see plastic • malleability noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of metal etc.) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking. 2 adaptable; pliable, flexible. Derivatives: malleability n. malleably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L malleabilis f. L malleare to hammer f. malleus hammer

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Malleable Mal"le*a*ble, a. [F. mall['e]able, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See Malleate.] Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals. Malleable iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron. Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of its carbon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you say that someone is malleable, you mean that they are easily influenced or controlled by other people. (WRITTEN) She was young enough to be malleable. ADJ 2. A substance that is malleable is soft and can easily be made into different shapes. Silver is the most malleable of all metals. ? rigid ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

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