mold
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
architecture
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.
Inflected forms:
form: molds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mould
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Commonwealth
form: molds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: molding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: molded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: molded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: mould
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Commonwealth
Senses:
gloss: A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: The shape or pattern of a mold.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: General shape or form.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: the oval mold of her face
Crowned with an architrave of antique mould.
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
gloss: Distinctive character or type.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: a leader in the mold of her predecessors
gloss: A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery.
gloss: A group of moldings.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: the arch mold of a porch or doorway;  the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts
gloss: A fontanelle.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: Not only in formal discourse, but in the ordinary walks of life, a well-modulated, expressive voice is a most valuable asset, whether one’s object be to interest, persuade or convince, to give a command or entreat a favor. The moulding of the voice into finished articulate speech is a mechanism in which the entire oral cavity, including palate, teeth, tongue and lips, take an important part. As a result of either structural defect of these organs, or, as is more often the case, as a consequence of their imperfect innervation, various logopathies may occur, which profoundly affect the social status of the unfortunate individual and seriously embarrass his way to a successful career.
Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper attention and training, is something that needs to be more thoroughly impressed upon our educational bodies and sociologic reformers.
Your hands shaped me and made me … Remember that you molded me like clay.
gloss: To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: It is you who must mold the minds of your students that they may be wise, farsighted, intelligent, profound in their thinking, devoted to their country and government and fruitful in their work. It is you who must sense as the example.
gloss: To fit closely by following the contours of.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
gloss: To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
gloss: To ornament with moldings.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
gloss: To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
examples: These shoes gradually molded to my feet.
Derived words: archmold
barquette mold
bread mold
break the mold
brickmold
cake mold
cryomold
demold
earmold
headmold
hoodmold
micromold
mold box
mold-breaking
mold fossil
moldless
mold loft
nanomold
neckmold
overmold
post mold
premold
taters in the mould
unmold
mismold
moldability
remold
rotomolded
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