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mould

UK/məʊld/ US/moʊld/ uncommon
verb (3) noun (4)

verb

1.

form in clay, wax, etc

  • “model a head with clay”
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2.

form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

  • “cast a bronze sculpture”
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3.

make something, usually for a specific function

  • “She molded the rice balls carefully”
  • “Form cylinders from the dough”
  • “shape a figure”
  • “Work the metal into a sword”
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noun

1.
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a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

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container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

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Origin

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.

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