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Mould   /moʊld/   Listen
noun
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.


Mould  n.  See Mold.


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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"Mould" Quotes from Famous Books



... himself on the corner of the table and crossed his arms. But for the touch of black-guardism in his appearance, Bob would have been a very good-looking fellow; his face was healthy, by no means commonplace in its mould, and had the peculiar vividness which indicates ability—so impressive, because so rarely seen, in men of his level. Unfortunately his hair was cropped all but to the scalp, in the fashionable manner; it was greased, too, and curled ...
— The Nether World • George Gissing
... now have waved with the white corn was green with tangled weeds. Half-way down the rugged path was a grove of alders, and the basin into which water flowed from the old fountain of the Nymphs. But no maidens were there with their pitchers; the basin was broken, and green with mould; the water slipped through the crevices and hurried to the sea. There were no offerings of wayfarers, rags and pebbles, by the well; and on the altar of the Nymphs the flame had long been cold. The very ashes were covered with ...
— The World's Desire • H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang
... low. I bet she was asking him if she couldn't make a claim to these here bets she'd won in her mind, and if this wasn't the magic time to get the little home or bungalow on the new lot she'd won by finding out from the Chicago professor how to mould her destiny. ...
— Somewhere in Red Gap • Harry Leon Wilson
... held against her breast sprang from a taper wrist and tapered again to the tips of the long fingers; nor that she was of that slenderness as strong as it is delicate; not all the exquisite regularity of line and mould, nor simplicity of color, gave her that significance which made the Incroyable declare to himself that he stood for the first time in the presence of Beauty, and that now he knew the women he had been ...
— The Two Vanrevels • Booth Tarkington
... propaganda is not to be met by a "Tu quoque." It is one which raises the most fundamental issues of educational theory. To develop, we are told, and not to mould, is the aim of education; and every genuine educationist will eagerly agree. Yet you cannot develop in a vacuum. You must impart some background for the young mind, give it some material on which to work. How, then, can the compromise ...
— The School and the World • Victor Gollancz and David Somervell


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