mold

[ mohld ]

/ moʊld /

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noun

a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.

the shape created or imparted to a thing by a mold.

something formed in or on a mold: a mold of jelly.

a frame on which something is formed or made.

shape or form.

a prototype, example, or precursor.

a distinctive nature, character, or type: a person of a simple mold.

Shipbuilding.

a three-dimensional pattern used to shape a plate after it has been softened by heating.
a template for a frame.

Architecture.

a molding.
a group of moldings.

verb (used with object)

to work into a required shape or form; shape.

to shape or form in or on a mold.

Metallurgy. to form a mold of or from, in order to make a casting.

to produce by or as if by shaping material; form.

to have influence in determining or forming: to mold the character of a child.

to ornament with moldings.

Also especially British, mould.

Origin of mold

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English molde < Old French modle < Latin modulus module; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM mold

mold·a·ble, mould·a·ble, adjective mold·a·bil·i·ty, mould·a·bil·i·ty, noun

Words nearby mold

molar volume, molarity, molars, molasse, molasses, mold, mold loft, mold wash, moldau, moldavia, moldavian

Definition for molded (2 of 2)

mold ²

[ mohld ]

/ moʊld /

noun

a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.

any of the fungi that produce such a growth.

verb (used with or without object)

to become or cause to become overgrown or covered with mold.

Also especially British, mould.

Origin of mold

1150–1200; late Middle English mowlde, apparently noun use of variant of earlier mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen to grow moldy, cognate with dialectal Danish mugle

Example sentences from the Web for molded

And he used himself as an example of a path that was chosen and molded by the one and only Paul Ryan: the everyman.

6 Best Moments From Paul Ryan’s Republican Convention Speech (VIDEO) |Jake Heller, Nina Strochlic |August 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It is only in America that a football coach would be honored like that, molded into immortality.

Joe Paterno Was a Dictator: Penn State Deserved Its Punishment |Buzz Bissinger |July 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It could have encapsulated the idea that David Cameron was molded by the Murdochs.

The Woman Who Could Bring Down Cameron |Peter Jukes |May 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
“Those old courses were molded into the land,” he tells The Daily Beast.

Donald Trump's Golf Gadfly |Lizzie Crocker |October 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

There were bold minidresses with molded bodices that exaggerated an hourglass figure.

Paris’s Fashion Finale |Robin Givhan |October 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Yet all that force was regulated to a hair—he beat, he molded, he never broke.

Put Yourself in His Place |Charles Reade
They took my husband away from me and molded him into the political lieutenant of my father.

Theft |Jack London
By the other method the pile is molded in suitable forms and after becoming hard is driven as a wood or steel pile is driven.

Concrete Construction |Halbert P. Gillette
The favorite beverage is made from the penalis, or long kiss—a hollow-shaped banana, molded from sugar, mixed with wine and water.

Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes |Sylvia Sunshine
A Marlborough sherd from one of these has a gadrooned edge and molded swags and palmettes.

The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia |C. Malcolm Watkins

British Dictionary definitions for molded

mold

/ (məʊld) /

noun, verb

the US spelling of mould 1

Scientific definitions for molded

mold

[ mōld ]

Any of various fungi that often form a fuzzy growth (called a mycelium) on the surface of organic matter. Some molds cause food to spoil, but others are beneficial, such as those used to make certain cheeses and those from which antibiotics like penicillin are developed. The molds do not form a distinct phylogenetic grouping but belong to various phyla including the ascomycetes and the zygomycetes. See also slime mold.

Idioms and Phrases with molded

mold

see cast in the same mold.

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