Mould

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