malleable
adj. flexible, able to be molded or shaped by hammering or pressure; adaptable | ||||
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Malleable Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Malleable
(a.)
Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.
(a.)
Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.
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malleable
Adjective
1. easily influenced
(synonym) ductile
(similar) tractable, manipulable
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"
(synonym) ductile, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
(similar) elastic
Adjective
1. easily influenced
(synonym) ductile
(similar) tractable, manipulable
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"
(synonym) ductile, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
(similar) elastic
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
malleable
1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a
hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.
2. Capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces;easily influenced.
3. Capable of adjusting to changing circumstances; adaptable.
* His image for his own imagination is the acid, the
catalyst, that is mixed in to make the gold malleable, and
is then wiped away.--"Nothing is too wonderful to be true," [1]Times (London),June 7, 2000
*The natives proved less malleable and far less innocent
than the Europeans imagined, so much so that early colonial history is filled with countless stories of monks who met hideous deaths at the hands of their flocks.
--Juan Gonzalez, Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
*I think his request was just a vainglorious way of
expressing the basic belief of behaviorism: that children
are malleable and that it is their environment, not innate
qualities such as talent or temperament, that determines
their destiny.--Judith Rich Harris, The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
*Many current thinkers wish to abandon the idea of a
continuous self; novelists have always known that selves
are fleeting, malleable, porous.--Mary Gordon, "The Fascination Begins in the Mouth,"[2]New York Times, June 13, 1993
Those workers aged over 50 were considered too set in their ways, too expensive to keep on and not malleable enough.--Jill Sherman Whitehall, "Benefit costs force rethink on retirement," [3]Times (London), April 25, 2000
1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a
hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.
2. Capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces;easily influenced.
3. Capable of adjusting to changing circumstances; adaptable.
* His image for his own imagination is the acid, the
catalyst, that is mixed in to make the gold malleable, and
is then wiped away.--"Nothing is too wonderful to be true," [1]Times (London),June 7, 2000
*The natives proved less malleable and far less innocent
than the Europeans imagined, so much so that early colonial history is filled with countless stories of monks who met hideous deaths at the hands of their flocks.
--Juan Gonzalez, Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
*I think his request was just a vainglorious way of
expressing the basic belief of behaviorism: that children
are malleable and that it is their environment, not innate
qualities such as talent or temperament, that determines
their destiny.--Judith Rich Harris, The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
*Many current thinkers wish to abandon the idea of a
continuous self; novelists have always known that selves
are fleeting, malleable, porous.--Mary Gordon, "The Fascination Begins in the Mouth,"[2]New York Times, June 13, 1993
Those workers aged over 50 were considered too set in their ways, too expensive to keep on and not malleable enough.--Jill Sherman Whitehall, "Benefit costs force rethink on retirement," [3]Times (London), April 25, 2000
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malleable
malleable
\mal"le*a*ble\ (?), a. [f. malléable, 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.
malleable
adj
1. easily influenced [syn: ductile]
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, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]
similar words(2)
malleable iron castings
malleable iron
malleable
\mal"le*a*ble\ (?), a. [f. malléable, 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.
malleable
adj
1. easily influenced [syn: ductile]
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, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]
similar words(2)
malleable iron castings
malleable iron
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Malleable
From the Latin 'malleare', to hammer, the quality of metal that allows it to be easily shaped or formed, by hammering or through pressure.
From the Latin 'malleare', to hammer, the quality of metal that allows it to be easily shaped or formed, by hammering or through pressure.
Malleable Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Malleability
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