malleable

Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure.

Easily controlled or influenced.

Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable.

Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs.

Capable of being shaped or extended by beating or rolling; capable of extension by hammering; reducible to a laminated form by beating, as gold, which may be beaten into leaves (gold-foil) of extreme thinness; hence, capable of being shaped by outside influence; yielding. See foil.

Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; — applied to metals.

Capable of being influenced to behave as desired; tractable; — used mostly of children.

iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron.

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.