Moulder
[mәuldә]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.
(v. i.) To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away.
(v. t.) To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away.
(-) Alt. of Mouldy
Editor: Philip
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Crumble, perish, decay, turn to dust, fall into decay, fall to pieces, waste away.
Edited by Bernice
Examples
- Besides, most of the boxes and drawers there were mouldering, and did not lock. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It had once been hung with a showy and expensive paper, which now hung mouldering, torn and discolored, from the damp walls. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A great many of the tenements had shop-fronts; but these were fast closed, and mouldering away; only the upper rooms being inhabited. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mouldering away before our eyes. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim; And the mouldering dust that years have made, Is a merry meal for him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- 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.
Typed by Cecil