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mole

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1. mole - Noun

2. mole - Verb

3. Mole - Proper noun

Meaning

A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself.

Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.

A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.

To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.

To clear of molehills.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place. Kenneth Grahame

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit Or wilt thou go ask the Mole Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl. William Blake

All but blind In his chambered hole Gropes for worms The four-clawed Mole. Walter de la Mare

The flower and fruit of love are mine The ant, the fieldmouse and the mole. Stevie Smith

Who takes a lion at a distance fears a mole present. Italian Proverb

Argus at home, a mole abroad. Italian Proverb

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