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Mould   /moʊld/   Listen
Mould

noun
1.
Loose soil rich in organic matter.  Synonym: mold.
2.
The distinctive form in which a thing is made.  Synonyms: cast, mold, stamp.
3.
The process of becoming mildewed.  Synonyms: mildew, mold.
4.
A fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter.  Synonym: mold.
5.
A dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold.  Synonym: mold.  "A gelatin dessert made in a mold"
6.
A distinctive nature, character, or type.  Synonym: mold.
7.
Sculpture produced by molding.  Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, mold, molding, moulding.
8.
Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens.  Synonyms: cast, mold.
verb
(past & past part. molded or moulded; pres. part. molding or moulding)
1.
Form in clay, wax, etc.  Synonyms: model, mold.
2.
Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.  Synonyms: cast, mold.
3.
Make something, usually for a specific function.  Synonyms: forge, form, mold, shape, work.  "Form cylinders from the dough" , "Shape a figure" , "Work the metal into a sword"



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"Mould" Quotes from Famous Books



... his knees, and his hands over his brow, when Angela came towards him. She was of the same long-limbed make as Clement, was nearly as tall as the square sturdy Robina nearly three years older, and had Clement's small, almost baby mould of features, relieved only by such arch deep blue eyes as shone in Edgar's face. She looked such a mere child, that when her step and exclamation caused Felix to raise his head, it seemed absurd to imagine her to be knowingly engaged ...
— The Pillars of the House, V1 • Charlotte M. Yonge

... idealist movement in philosophy—the movement which in Germany began with Kant and culminated in Hegel. This idealism, just like physical science, gives a certain stamp to the mind; when it takes possession of intelligence it casts it, so to speak, into a certain mould; even more than physical science it dominates it so that it becomes incapable of self-criticism, and very difficult to teach. Its importance to the preacher of Christianity is that it assumes certain relations between the human and the divine, relations ...
— The Atonement and the Modern Mind • James Denney

... popularity, but the curiously representative quality of his work was no doubt in part the cause. His poems were what, through the changing fashions of centuries, men had come to expect of bucolic verse. They crystallized into a standard mould whatever in pastoral, whether classical or renaissance, was most obviously and easily reducible to a type, and so attained the position of models beyond which it was needless to go. They were first printed in 1498, and went through a number of editions during the author's lifetime. ...
— Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama - A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration - Stage in England • Walter W. Greg

... have been sacrificed. But is it necessary to suppose that these expressions are absolutely irreconcilable to each other; that no ALTERATIONS or PROVISIONS in THE ARTICLES OF THE CONFEDERATION could possibly mould them into a national and adequate government; into such a government as has been proposed by the convention? No stress, it is presumed, will, in this case, be laid on the TITLE; a change of that could never be deemed an exercise of ungranted power. ALTERATIONS in the ...
— The Federalist Papers

... part by part, accepting the attribute of mind, and residing within all the regions that belong to Prana, supports (life). In consequence of this, the foetus becoming endued with mind begins to move its limbs.[18] As liquified iron, poured (into a mould), takes the form of the mould, know that the entrance of Jiva into the foetus is even such. As fire, entering a mass of iron, heats it greatly, do thou know that the manifestation of Jiva in the foetus is such. As a lamp, burning in a room, discovers (all ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 • Kisari Mohan Ganguli


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