Mould
[mәuld]
Definition
(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
Checker: Phyllis
Synonyms and Synonymous
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.
Edited by Diana
Definition
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.
Checker: Rita
Examples
- If both had owned plantations in Louisiana, they would have been as like as two old bullets cast in the same mould. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The beam was straight, long, and heavy, and that and the mould generally hewed from a tree. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was spacious, and I dare say had once been handsome, but every discernible thing in it was covered with dust and mould, and dropping to pieces. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Take me--mould me to your will, possess my heart and soul to all eternity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her fingers went over the mould of his face, over his features. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They do see that humanity is badly squeezed in the existing mould. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were taken from the same mould. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But China is not to be moulded to the Japanese pattern, and the revolutionary stir continued. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By the high pressures, or stresses given by the hydraulic press it was learned that cold metals have plasticity and can be moulded or stretched like other plastic bodies. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The figures are strikingly true in form and color, and seem to have been moulded directly from nature, as they probably were. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Sand stones have been moulded or pressed from the same ingredients, and with either smooth or undressed faces. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His bones were strong and round, his limbs were rounded, all his contours were beautifully and fully moulded. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He however attained his wish; he filled the situation for which nature seemed to have moulded him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was about my own height and well muscled and in every outward detail moulded precisely as are Earth men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For while it is illuminating to see how environment moulds men, it is absolutely essential that men regard themselves as moulders of their environment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They cast the copper in moulds made to the shape of the stone implements. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The machine is provided with a series of finger keys, which, when pressed like the keys of a typewriter, cause the letter moulds to assemble in a line in their proper order for print. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A similar process of embossing, was devised in Paris and called Xyloplasty, by which steam-softened wood is compressed in carved moulds, which give it bas-relief impressions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They cannot be cast in moulds or shaped by law. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The casting of car wheels by chill moulds, by which the tread portion of the wheel was hardened and increased in wearing qualities, is a good illustration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Other stone-cutting machines had for their objects the cutting and moulding the edges of tables, mantels and slabs; and the cutting of circular and other curved work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The next operation is for moulding and pressing the brick. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Inside was a large room in which fifty workers were carving or moulding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His blue eyes burned with a keen, yet cold light, there was a certain beauty, a beautiful passivity in all his body, his moulding. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The credit of the execution is due to Monsieur Oscar Meunier, of Grenoble, who spent some days in doing the moulding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She began moulding the wax; and it was evident from her manner of manipulation that she was endeavouring to give it some preconceived form. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In moulding pulp into articles of manufacture, satisfactory machines have been invented, not only for the mere forming them into shape, but for water-proofing and indurating the same. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Nettie