mould
nounverbnounverbnounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//məʊld//
- Canada//moʊld//
- Canada/[moːɫd]/
- Australia//məʉld//
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
noun
- 1
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
The design it is to assume is formed in a metal mould, and into this the leather, in its pliant state is forced by a hydraulic power.
The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section.
Etymology
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
verb
- 1
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.
Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".
noun
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Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
Etymology
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
verb
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Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
noun
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Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
Etymology
From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).
noun
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Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
Forms
- plural
- moulds
- past tense
- moulded
- past participle
- moulded
- present participle
- moulding
- third person singular
- moulds
mould · Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
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