TRACTILE

ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tractile (comparative more tractile, superlative most tractile)

Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.

Synonym: ductile

Pertaining to traction or pulling.

Synonyms: tractional, tractive

(dated) Capable of being led.

Synonym: tractable

(obsolete, rare, of financial assets) Able to be drawn or procured from a place of deposit.

Anagrams

• artilect, clattier, tetrical

Source: Wiktionary


Tract"ile, a. Etym: [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]

Definition: Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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