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Mold   /moʊld/   Listen
noun
Mold  n.  A spot; a blemish; a mole. (Obs.)


Mould, Mold  n.  
1.
Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
2.
Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material. "The etherial mold, Incapable of stain." "Nature formed me of her softest mold."


Mould, Mold  n.  (Bot.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter. Note: The common blue mold of cheese, the brick-red cheese mold, and the scarlet or orange strata which grow on tubers or roots stored up for use, when commencing to decay, are familiar examples.


Mould, Mold  n.  
1.
The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.
2.
That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason. "The glass of fashion and the mold of form."
3.
Cast; form; shape; character. "Crowned with an architrave of antique mold."
4.
(Arch.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.
5.
(Anat.) A fontanel.
6.
(Paper Making) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.


verb
Mould, Mold  v. t.  (past & past part. molded or moulded; pres. part. molding or moulding)  To cover with mold or soil. (R.)


Mould, Mold  v. t.  To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.


Mould, Mold  v. t.  
1.
To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion. "He forgeth and moldeth metals." "Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mold me man?"
2.
To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.
3.
To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.
4.
(Founding) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.


Mould, Mold  v. i.  To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.





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"Mold" Quotes from Famous Books



... to stand upon but the bench, and so he took it away from the door and placed it directly under the decayed plank. Then he stood up and pushed on the plank with both hands. It gave way, sending down a shower of dust and mold in his face, and almost ...
— The Mansion of Mystery - Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective • Chester K. Steele
... juice and pulp 2 tablespoons mild vinegar 1 tablespoon gelatin 1/2 tablespoon sugar Bit of bay leaf 1 slice onion 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and leaves from 1 stalk celery. Stir until gelatin is dissolved, strain through fine strainer, and mold in small bread pan that measures about 4 1/2 ...
— For Luncheon and Supper Guests • Alice Bradley
... plant and the difficulty of producing leaf of good quality, whether of the original varieties, oronoko and sweet-scented, or of the many others later developed. The seed must be sown in late winter or early spring in a special bed of deep forest mold dressed with wood ashes; and the fields must be broken and laid off by shallow furrows into hills three or four feet apart by the time the seedlings were grown to a finger's length. Then came the first crisis. ...
— American Negro Slavery - A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime • Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
... my right were cast in a different mold. Mary McCready was a big husky redhead of twelve, with a face full of freckles and an infectious laugh, and Tommy Miller, a few months younger, was just an average, extroverted, well adjusted youngster, noisy ...
— Junior Achievement • William Lee
... gave me—nothing. I have found in the years that I have been with him that he likes to be admired and looked up to by pretty women. He likes to mold us into something exquisite and ornamental, he likes to feel that he has molded us. He likes to see our blushes. All these years that I have been with him, he has liked to feel that I looked upon him as the ideal toward which all my ...
— The Gay Cockade • Temple Bailey


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