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mold

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[ mohld ]

noun

  1. a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
  2. the shape created or imparted to a thing by a mold.
  3. something formed in or on a mold:

    a mold of jelly.

  4. a frame on which something is formed or made.
  5. shape or form.
  6. a prototype, example, or precursor.
  7. a distinctive nature, character, or type:

    a person of a simple mold.

  8. Shipbuilding.
    1. a three-dimensional pattern used to shape a plate after it has been softened by heating.
    2. a template for a frame.
  9. Architecture.
    1. a group of moldings.


verb (used with object)

  1. to work into a required shape or form; shape.
  2. to shape or form in or on a mold.
  3. Metallurgy. to form a mold of or from, in order to make a casting.
  4. to produce by or as if by shaping material; form.
  5. to have influence in determining or forming:

    to mold the character of a child.

  6. to ornament with moldings.

mold

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[ mohld ]

noun

  1. a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
  2. any of the fungi that produce such a growth.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to become or cause to become overgrown or covered with mold.

mold

3

[ mohld ]

noun

  1. loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
  2. British Dialect. ground; earth.

mold

/ 尘蓹蕣濒诲 /

noun

  1. the US spelling of mould 1
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘辞濒诲顎僡路产濒别 尘辞耻濒诲顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 尘辞濒诲顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 尘辞耻濒诲顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mold1

First recorded in 1175鈥1225; Middle English noun molde, moulde 鈥減attern, model, mold,鈥 from Anglo-French molde, from Old French molle, modle, moule, from Latin modulus 鈥渟tandard unit (of measurement)鈥; the verb is derivative of the noun; mode

Origin of mold2

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English moulde, molde, apparently noun use of variant of earlier (i)mouled, moueld, past participle of moule(n), muhlen 鈥渢o grow moldy, spoil, rot鈥; from Old Norse; compare Old Icelandic mygla, Swedish 尘枚驳濒补, both meaning 鈥渢o become moldy鈥

Origin of mold3

First recorded before 900; Middle English molde, moulde, mulde 鈥渄irt, loose earth, soil; earth or soil of a grave,鈥 Old English molde 鈥渄ust, sand, earth, the earth鈥; cognate with Gothic mulda 鈥渄耻蝉迟,鈥 Old Icelandic mold 鈥渆arth, mold,鈥 Old High German molta 鈥渄ust鈥; akin to meal 2, mill 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see cast in the same mold .
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Example Sentences

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Fitzgerald and Shaver-Moskowitz note that they researched Disney鈥檚 shoe size, looked at molds of his hands and even attempted 鈥 and failed 鈥 to find out which hair products Disney used.

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Rubio is the first person to hold both roles simultaneously since Henry Kissinger molded Nixon's foreign policy into his own ghoulish image.

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After a runaway success with fiction, she鈥檚 exploring her power to mold reality to her advantage, too.

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At the whims of his grief, Cronenberg succumbs to feeling, resisting the popular urge to mold grief into an allegory for horror.

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Even in this cinematic simulation, the brotherhood molded by combat is made to look appealing.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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