mould

[mould]

Mould is the British spelling for "mold" the stuff you find growing on old bread or the container you use to create your jello masterpieces.

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Noun
container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

Noun
sculpture produced by molding

Noun
a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

Noun
loose soil rich in organic matter

Verb
make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"

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Verb
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture"

Verb
form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"


v.
Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

v.
Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

v. t.
To cover with mold or soil.

n.
A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

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

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

n.
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.

n.
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.

n.
Cast; form; shape; character.

n.
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.

n.
A fontanel.

n.
A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

v. t.
To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

v. t.
To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

v. t.
To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

v. t.
To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.


Alt. of Mouldy


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Usage Examples

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.

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Other Usage Examples

Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it.

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much.

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