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Mould
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 Commonwealth standard spelling of mold. countable, uncountable
"The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section."
- 2 Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”). countable, uncountable
- 3 Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
- 4 Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
- 5 container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens wordnet
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- 6 sculpture produced by molding wordnet
- 7 a distinctive nature, character, or type wordnet
- 8 a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold wordnet
- 9 a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter wordnet
- 10 the process of becoming mildewed wordnet
- 11 the distinctive form in which a thing is made wordnet
- 12 loose soil rich in organic matter wordnet
- 1 Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
"Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers."
- 2 Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
- 3 become moldy; spoil due to humidity wordnet
- 4 shape or influence; give direction to wordnet
- 5 fit tightly, follow the contours of wordnet
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- 6 make something, usually for a specific function wordnet
- 7 form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold wordnet
- 8 form in clay, wax, etc wordnet
Etymology
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), 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 moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), 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 Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).
English surname, from the Middle English personal name Mauld, reduced from Anglo-Norman Mathilde, a form of the name Matilda. This was a learned borrowing much less common than the vernacular forms Mahalt, Maud and the reduced pet form Till.
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