What's the difference between mould and run?

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

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Most intriguing of all is the potential for the mould to "expect" changes in its environment.
  • (2) The median exposure of total dust was well below the Swedish threshold value, and the exposure of mould and bacteria was also low.
  • (3) We therefore used two different tRNA genes from the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum which are efficiently transcribed and processed in vivo in yeast.
  • (4) A mould which was isolated from a solution of paracetamol was identified as a Penicillium species and was found to possess the ability to utilise a series of substituted acetanilides, including paracetamol (4-hydroxyacetanilide), phenacetin (4-ethoxyacetanilide) and metacetamol (3-hydroxyacetanilide) as sole carbon sources for growth.
  • (5) Studies of substrate and cosubstrate specificities of mould alpha-glucosidases suggest that the binding site of the active center of mould alpha-glucosidase consits of two subsites--glucone and aglucone ones.
  • (6) Patients are instructed to wear the mould for 6 months, removing it only to clean or for a change of size.
  • (7) In all patients except one, specific IgE-antibodies to the respective mould were demonstrated by immunoblotting.
  • (8) In addition to mesophilic species, xerophilic moulds appear to be common, often developing together with mites.
  • (9) These antisera were characterized by immunofluorescence and by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for their reactivity with 44 strains of moulds.
  • (10) It is recommended to apply cast fillings with a replacement of the occlusive area as quickly after the wax mould as possible because of the diminished gap due to the motion of the teeth.
  • (11) Agreement between RAST and provocation tests was 79% for the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, 71.5% for cat and dog epithelium, 70% for the Penicillium mould, 63% for Alternaria, 55% for Hormodendron and Aspergillus and only 53% for house dust.
  • (12) An isotope dilution technique has been used to analyze the synthesis of metabolically stable nucleic acids during the mitotic cycle in surface plasmodia of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum.
  • (13) Reactions to moulds were observed in 9% of the patients.
  • (14) The analyses of more than 200 samples of various foods of plant origin showed that patulin was contained in 36% of the fresh and canned fruits infested with mould, and in 7% of the vegetables.
  • (15) 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.
  • (16) This carnival of camera phones, caressing and even groping (the waxen men do have "moulds" where their private parts would be so that their trousers hang properly, but no, nothing too realistic down there) is the celebrity world were we in control.
  • (17) A soluble cytochrome was isolated and purified from the slime mould Physarum polycephalum and identified as cytochrome c by room-temperature and low-temperature (77 degrees K) difference spectroscopy.
  • (18) The use of fibrin as a resorbable biological adhesive permits moulding of HA granules into individually shaped implants.
  • (19) Under improvement of technology of the cobalt-base-alloy "Gisadent KCM 83", the influence of different mould temperatures to the alloy surface was inquired with help of comparism.
  • (20) As related to the control lot, the addition of these acid results, in the first two doses, in a decrease and slowing-down of the growth of the mould and the production of its two mycotoxins (patulin and byssochlamic acid).

Run


Definition:

  • (a.) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months.
  • () of Run
  • (p. p.) of Run
  • (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.
  • (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
  • (a.) To flee, as from fear or danger.
  • (a.) To steal off; to depart secretly.
  • (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.
  • (a.) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
  • (a.) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
  • (a.) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
  • (a.) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
  • (a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
  • (a.) To creep, as serpents.
  • (a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.
  • (a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
  • (a.) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
  • (a.) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
  • (a.) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
  • (a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
  • (a.) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
  • (a.) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.
  • (a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.
  • (a.) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
  • (a.) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
  • (a.) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
  • (a.) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
  • (a.) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
  • (a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
  • (a.) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.
  • (a.) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
  • (a.) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
  • (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.
  • (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.
  • (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
  • (v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.
  • (v. i.) To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
  • (v. i.) To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.
  • (v. i.) To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
  • (v. i.) To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.
  • (v. i.) To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.
  • (v. i.) To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.
  • (v. i.) To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.
  • (v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress.
  • (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.
  • (v. i.) To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
  • (v. i.) To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.
  • (v. i.) To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.
  • (v. i.) To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.
  • (v. i.) To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
  • (v. i.) To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
  • (v. i.) To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
  • (n.) The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
  • (n.) A small stream; a brook; a creek.
  • (n.) That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
  • (n.) A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
  • (n.) State of being current; currency; popularity.
  • (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights.
  • (n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.
  • (n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
  • (n.) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
  • (n.) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.
  • (n.) A voyage; as, a run to China.
  • (n.) A pleasure excursion; a trip.
  • (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
  • (n.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
  • (n.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.
  • (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
  • (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.
  • (n.) A pair or set of millstones.
  • (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.
  • (a.) Smuggled; as, run goods.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They are going to all destinations.” Supplies are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in the city.
  • (2) PMS is more prevalent among women working outside the home, alcoholics, women of high parity, and women with toxemic tendency; it probably runs in families.
  • (3) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
  • (4) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
  • (5) In contrast to L2 and L3 in L1 the mid gut runs down in a straight line without any looping.
  • (6) Community owned and run local businesses are becoming increasingly common.
  • (7) Large gender differences were found in the correlations between the RAS, CR, run frequency, and run duration with the personality, mood, and locus of control scores.
  • (8) These major departmental transformations are being run in isolation from each other.
  • (9) In 2012, 20% of small and medium-sized businesses were either run solely or mostly by women.
  • (10) Current status of prognosis in clinical, experimental and prophylactic medicine is delineated with formulation of the purposes and feasibility of therapeutic and preventive realization of the disease onset and run prediction.
  • (11) No one has jobs,” said Annie, 45, who runs a street stall selling fried chicken and rice in the Matongi neighbourhood.
  • (12) They also said no surplus that built up in the scheme, which runs at a £700m deficit, would be paid to any “sponsor or employer” under any circumstances.
  • (13) This implementation reduced a formidable task to a relatively routine run.
  • (14) A dozen peers hold ministerial positions and Westminster officials are expecting them to keep the paperwork to run the country flowing and the ministerial seats warm while their elected colleagues fight for votes.
  • (15) Failure to develop an adequate resource will be costly in the long run.
  • (16) Obiang, blaming foreigners for bringing corruption to his country, told people he needed to run the national treasury to prevent others falling into temptation.
  • (17) She added: “We will continue to act upon the overwhelming majority view of our shareholders.” The vote was the second year running Ryanair had suffered a rebellion on pay.
  • (18) What shouldn't get lost among the hits, home runs and the intentional and semi-intentional walks is that Ortiz finally seems comfortable with having a leadership role with his team.
  • (19) The American Red Cross said the aid organisation had already run out of medical supplies, with spokesman Eric Porterfield explaining that the small amount of medical equipment and medical supplies available in Haiti had been distributed.
  • (20) O'Connell first spotted 14-year-old David Rudisha in 2004, running the 200m sprint at a provincial schools race.

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