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Mold
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- 1 A town and community in and the county town of Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2364).
- 2 An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington, United States.
- 3 A surname.
- 1 A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. US, countable, uncountable
- 2 A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air. US, countable, uncountable
- 3 Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting. US, countable, uncountable
- 4 The top or crown of the head. US, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
"What a while continueth the mould and crowne of our heads to beate and pant, before our braine is well ſetled[…]"
- 5 container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens wordnet
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- 6 A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. US, countable, uncountable
- 7 A fungus that creates such furry growths. US, countable, uncountable
- 8 Earth, ground. UK, US, countable, dialectal, plural, uncountable
- 9 sculpture produced by molding wordnet
- 10 Something that is made in or shaped on a mold. US, countable, uncountable
- 11 a distinctive nature, character, or type wordnet
- 12 The shape or pattern of a mold. US, countable, uncountable
- 13 a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold wordnet
- 14 General shape or form. US, countable, uncountable
"the oval mold of her face"
- 15 a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter wordnet
- 16 Distinctive character or type. US, countable, uncountable
"a leader in the mold of her predecessors"
- 17 the process of becoming mildewed wordnet
- 18 A fixed or restrictive pattern or form. US, countable, uncountable
"His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery."
- 19 the distinctive form in which a thing is made wordnet
- 20 A group of moldings. US, countable, uncountable
"the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts"
- 21 loose soil rich in organic matter wordnet
- 22 A fontanelle. US, countable, uncountable
- 1 To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to. US, transitive
"Not only in formal discourse, but in the ordinary walks of life, a well-modulated, expressive voice is a most valuable asset, whether one’s object be to interest, persuade or convince, to give a command or entreat a favor. The moulding of the voice into finished articulate speech is a mechanism in which the entire oral cavity, including palate, teeth, tongue and lips, take an important part. As a result of either structural defect of these organs, or, as is more often the case, as a consequence of their imperfect innervation, various logopathies may occur, which profoundly affect the social status of the unfortunate individual and seriously embarrass his way to a successful career. Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper attention and training, is something that needs to be more thoroughly impressed upon our educational bodies and sociologic reformers."
- 2 To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon. US, transitive
- 3 To cover with mold or soil. US
- 4 become moldy; spoil due to humidity wordnet
- 5 To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence US, transitive
"It is you who must mold the minds of your students that they may be wise, farsighted, intelligent, profound in their thinking, devoted to their country and government and fruitful in their work. It is you who must sense as the example."
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- 6 To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold. US, intransitive
- 7 shape or influence; give direction to wordnet
- 8 To fit closely by following the contours of. US, transitive
- 9 fit tightly, follow the contours of wordnet
- 10 To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting. US, transitive
- 11 make something, usually for a specific function wordnet
- 12 To ornament with moldings. US, transitive
- 13 form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold wordnet
- 14 To be shaped in or as if in a mold. US, intransitive
"These shoes gradually molded to my feet."
- 15 form in clay, wax, etc wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.
From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”) (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-téh₂ (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay").
From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”) (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-téh₂ (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay").
From Middle English molde (“top of the head”), from Old English molda, molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldō, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ; exactly parallel to Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán).
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