Mould

[mәuld]

解釋/意思:

(v.) Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

(v.) Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

(v. t.) To cover with mold or soil.

(n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

(v. t.) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

(v. i.) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

(n.) The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.

(n.) That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.

(n.) Cast; form; shape; character.

(n.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.

(n.) A fontanel.

(n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

(v. t.) To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

(v. t.) To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

(v. t.) To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

(v. t.) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.

(-) Alt. of Mouldy

校對:菲利斯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [Sometimes written Mold.] [1]. Loam.[2]. Mustiness, mildew, mouldiness, rust, blight, smut.[3]. Matrix, matrice.[4]. Form, shape, cast, fashion.

v. a. [Sometimes written Mold.] Form, shape, fashion, carve, model.

黛安娜校對

解釋/意思:

n. a hollow form in which anything is cast: a pattern; the form received from a mould a former or matrix for jellies &c. also a dish shaped in such: character.—v.t. to form in a mould: to knead as dough.—adj. Mould′able that may be moulded.—ns. Mould′-box a box in which molten steel is hydraulically compressed; Mould′er; Mould′-fac′ing a fine powder or wash applied to the face of a mould to ensure a smooth casting; Mould′ing the process of shaping esp. any soft substance: anything formed by or in a mould: an ornamental edging on a picture-frame &c. or (archit.) raised above or sunk below the surface of a wall on cornices jambs lintels &c.—the fillet or list astragal or bead ogee cyma &c.; Moulding-tā′ble a table on which a potter moulds his ware; Mould′-loft a large room in a shipbuilding yard in which the several parts of a ship's hull are laid off to full size from the construction drawings.—Moulding machine a machine for making wood-mouldings; Moulding plane a plane used in forming mouldings a match-plane; Moulding sand a mixture of sand and loam used by founders in making sand-moulds.

n. dust: soil rich in decayed matter: the matter of which anything is composed: a minute fungus which grows on bodies in a damp atmosphere so named from often growing on mould: the earth the ground the grave esp. in pl. Mools (Scot.).—v.t. to cover with mould or soil: to cause to become mouldy.—v.i. to become mouldy.—n. Mould′-board the curved plate in a plough which turns over the furrow.—v.i. Mould′er to crumble to mould: to turn to dust: to waste away gradually.—v.t. to turn to dust.—ns. Mould′iness; Mould′warp the mole which casts up little heaps of mould.—adj. Mould′y overgrown with mould.

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