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mould

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1. mould - Noun

2. mould - Verb

4. Mould - Proper noun

Meaning

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

To cover with mold or soil.

A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

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.

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.

Cast; form; shape; character.

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.

A fontanel.

A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.

Alt. of Mouldy

Source: Webster's dictionary

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What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose. Willa Cather

You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film -- you give over your life In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up. Daniel Day-Lewis

All thoughts that mould the age begin Deep down within the primitive soul. James Russell Lowell

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. William Godwin

And in Life's noisiest hour, There whispers still the ceaseless Love of Thee, The heart's Self-solace and soliloquy. You mould my Hopes, you fashion me within. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In life we are encompassed by regulations, in death by the mould of the grave. Malay Proverb

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