1. moulding - Noun
2. moulding - Verb
of Mould
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.
Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe want to ensure a multilateral development of society, the thriving of all sides of social life, economy, science and culture, the improvement of management, the moulding of the new man and the promotion of socialist ethics and equity. Nicolae Ceaușescu
Merz stands for the freedom of all fetters... Merz also means tolerance towards any artistically motivated limitation. Every artist must be allowed to mould a picture out of nothing but blotting paper, for example, provided he is capable of moulding a picture. Kurt Schwitters
Modern democracies have been around long enough for neoliberal capitalists to learn how to subvert them. They have mastered the technique of infiltrating the instruments of democracy-the 'independent' judiciary, the 'free' press, the parliament-and moulding them to their purpose. Arundhati Roy
And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Fiction is but moulding together the materials collected by every day, in real as well as imagined life; the highest order of excellence carries the impulse along with it. Nature and fortune have this earth for their place of contention, and the victory is too often with the latter. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
An actor is like a piece of clay: you just keep moulding me. Even people who work with you every day want to put you in a little box. Erika Eleniak