Mole

[məʊl] or [mol]

Definition

(noun.) small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet.

(noun.) a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin.

(noun.) spicy sauce often containing chocolate.

Edited by Christine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

(n.) A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

(n.) A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

(n.) A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself.

(n.) Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.

(n.) A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.

(v. t.) To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.

(v. t.) To clear of molehills.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Jetty, pier, breakwater.[2]. [Zoöl.] Mouldwarp, molewarp.

Editor: Margie

Definition

n. a breakwater: any massive building: an ancient Roman mausoleum.

n. a permanent dark-brown mark on the human skin often hairy—a pigmentary N鎣us (q.v.).

n. a small animal with very small eyes and soft fur which burrows in the ground and casts up little heaps of mould.—v.t. to burrow or form holes in.—ns. Mole′cast; Mole′-catch′er one whose business it is to catch moles; Mole′-crick′et a burrowing insect like a cricket with forelegs like those of a mole.—adj. Mole′-eyed having eyes like those of a mole: seeing imperfectly.—ns. Mole′hill a little hill or heap of earth cast up by a mole; Mole′rat a rat-like animal which burrows like a mole; Mole′skin the skin of a mole: a superior kind of fustian double-twilled cropped before dyeing; Mole′-spade a small spade used by mole-catchers; Mole′-track the track made by a mole burrowing.—Make a mountain of a molehill to magnify a trifling matter.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of moles, indicates secret enemies. To dream of catching a mole, you will overcome any opposition and rise to prominence. To see moles, or such blemishes, on the person, indicates illness and quarrels.

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Examples

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