mold

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Cast and mold

Alternative forms [edit]

  • mould (Commonwealth spelling)

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin modulus

Noun [edit]

mold (plural molds)

  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.
    the oval mold of her face
  6. Distinctive character or type.
    a leader in the mold of her predecessors
  7. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form
    His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery.
  8. (architecture) See molding.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
frame or model
something that is made in or shaped on a mould
shape or pattern of a mould
general shape or form
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Verb [edit]

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

  1. (transitive) To shape in or on a mold.
  2. (transitive) To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
    • Job 10:8-9, Old Testament, New International Version:
      Your hands shaped me and made me....Remember that you molded me like clay.
  3. (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students
  4. (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
  5. (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
  6. (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
  7. (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
    These shoes gradually molded to my feet.
Translations [edit]
To shape in or on a mold
To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
To be shaped in or as if in a mold

Etymology 2 [edit]

Penicillium mold on mandarin oranges

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 *muglōnan, 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 [edit]

mold (plural molds)

  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.
Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
Translations [edit]
woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi

Verb [edit]

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

  1. To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō ‘dirt, soil’ (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian mold), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-tā (compare Old Irish moll ‘bran’, Lithuanian mìltai ‘flour’), from *mel- (compare English meal). More at meal.

Noun [edit]

mold (plural molds)

  1. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
loose friable soil

Verb [edit]

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

  1. To cover with mold or soil.

Faroese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse mold, from Proto-Germanic *muldō ‘dirt, soil’ from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-tā, from *mel-.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

mold f (genitive singular moldar, uncountable)

  1. (agriculture) earth, humus soil, humus layer

Declension [edit]

f2s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mold moldin
Accusative mold moldina
Dative mold moldini
Genitive moldar moldarinnar

Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse mold, from Proto-Germanic *muldō ‘dirt, soil’ from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-tā, from *mel-.

Noun [edit]

mold f

  1. dirt, mould, humus, ground, earth
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