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Definition mold

Etymology 1

Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module. Doublet of model.

Noun

mold (countable and uncountable, plural molds) (American spelling)

1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
4. The shape or pattern of a mold.
5. General shape or form.
6. Distinctive character or type.
7. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
8. (architecture) A group of moldings.
9. (anatomy) A fontanelle.

Verb

mold (third-person singular simple present molds, present participle molding, simple past and past participle molded) (American spelling)

1. (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
2. (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
3. (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
4. (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
5. (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
6. (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *mugl?n?, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *meuk- 'slick, soft'. More at muck and meek.

Noun

mold (countable and uncountable, plural molds) (American spelling)

1. A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.

Verb

mold (third-person singular simple present molds, present participle molding, simple past and past participle molded) (American spelling)

1. (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
2. (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

Etymology 3

From Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muld? ‘dirt, soil’ (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold), from Proto-Indo-European *ml?-t? (compare Old Irish moll ‘bran’, Lithuanian mìltai ‘flour’), from *mel- (compare English meal). More at meal.

Noun

mold (plural molds) (American spelling)

1. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
2. (Britain, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.

Verb

mold (third-person singular simple present molds, present participle molding, simple past and past participle molded) (American spelling)

1. To cover with mold or soil.

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