malleate (comparative more malleate, superlative most malleate)
(zoology) Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
(malacology, of a shell) Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
malleate (third-person singular simple present malleates, present participle malleating, simple past and past participle malleated)
(rare) To beat into shape with a hammer.
Source: Wiktionary
Mal"le*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Malleating.] Etym: [L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See Mall, v. t.]
Definition: To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
