name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mould
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /məʊld/
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Canada, General-American: /moʊld/
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Canada, General-American: [moːɫd] some speakers
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California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /məʉld/
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Australian: [məʉɫd]
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Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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New-Zealand: /mɐʉld/
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rhymes with -əʊld
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CMU ARPABET: M OW1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
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verb
Meaning 6
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
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verb
Meaning 7
Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mold, cast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: container
Narrower terms: form, matrix, pig bed, pig, sandbox
noun
Meaning 9
sculpture produced by molding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mold, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sculpture
noun
Meaning 10
a distinctive nature, character, or type
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a leader in the mold of her predecessors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hallmark, trademark, earmark, stylemark
noun
Meaning 11
a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a lobster mold
- a gelatin dessert made in a mold
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Synonyms: mold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dish, dessert, sweet, afters
noun
Meaning 12
a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fungus
Narrower terms: mucor, rhizopus, water mold
noun
Meaning 13
the process of becoming mildewed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mildew, mold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spoilage, spoiling
noun
Meaning 14
the distinctive form in which a thing is made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cast, mold, stamp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solid
noun
Meaning 15
loose soil rich in organic matter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soil, dirt
Narrower terms: leaf mold, leaf mould, leaf soil
verb
Meaning 16
make something, usually for a specific function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She molded the rice balls carefully
- Form cylinders from the dough
- shape a figure
- Work the metal into a sword
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shape, form, work, mold, forge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Narrower terms: carve, swage, upset, chip, layer, cut out, machine, grind, stamp, puddle, beat, preform, mound, hill, roughcast, reshape, remold, sinter, cast, mold, mould, throw, handbuild, hand-build, coil, sculpt, sculpture, model
verb
Meaning 17
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cast a bronze sculpture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cast, mold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Narrower terms: press, press out, recast, remold, remould, sand cast
verb
Meaning 18
form in clay, wax, etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- model a head with clay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: model, mold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
History
Etymology
English surname, from the Middle English personal name Mauld, reduced from Anglo-Norman Mathilde, a form of the name Matilda. This was a learned borrowing much less common than the vernacular forms Mahalt, Maud and the reduced pet form Till.
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
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.
From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).
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