Malleable Definition & Meaning

malleable
adjective
  1. easily influenced
  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"

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