Definition:
- (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
Compare mould with other words:
mould vs. moult
mould vs. ould
mould vs. nould
mould vs. mound
could vs. mould
mould vs. would
moss vs. mould
boundary vs. mould
mould vs. shape
mould vs. moulding
mould vs. proplastic
mould vs. xyloplastic
mould vs. proplasm
flong vs. mould
chessel vs. mould
mould vs. vapour
die vs. mould
mould vs. remould
lingot vs. mould
mould vs. mouldy
corked vs. mould
mould vs. parting
chill vs. mould
mould vs. stereotype
mold vs. mould
loam vs. mould
block vs. mould
geat vs. mould
bastard vs. mould
grain vs. mould
mildew vs. mould
flash vs. mould
mould vs. run
mould vs. recast
mould vs. sandbox
cast vs. mould