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Molding   /mˈoʊldɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Moulding, Molding  n.  
1.
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
2.
Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal, or sculptures.
Synonyms: mold, mould, molding, modeling, clay sculpture.
3.
(Arch.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.
4.
Especially: A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing.
Synonyms: moolding.
5.
A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied.
Synonyms: modeling, moulding.



verb
Mould, Mold  v. t.  (past & past part. molded or moulded; pres. part. molding or moulding)  To cover with mold or soil. (R.)



adjective
Moulding, Molding  adj.  Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.
Molding board or Moulding board.
(a)
See Follow board, under Follow, v. t.
(b)
A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped.
Molding machine or Moulding machine.
(a)
(Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings.
(b)
(Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
Molding mill or Moulding mill, a mill for shaping timber.
Molding sand or Moulding sand (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.






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"Molding" Quotes from Famous Books



... he began to think out such questions for himself, he realized that density of population and rapid inter-communication afforded by electric and steam railroads, motors, aeroplanes, telegraphs and telephones were, to all practical purposes, obliterating State lines and molding the ...
— Philip Dru: Administrator • Edward Mandell House

... aside, he would let them trouble him no more after this winter night. He saw now that from the first he had allowed his imagination to bewilder him, to create a fantastic world in which he suffered, molding innocent forms into terror and dismay. Vividly, he saw again the black circle of oaks, growing in a haggard ring upon the bastions of the Roman fort. The noise of the storm without grew louder, and he thought how the wind had come up the valley with ...
— The Hill of Dreams • Arthur Machen

... had learned to make A thousand pretty, feminine knick-knacks: For brackets, ottomans, and toilet stands— Labor just suited to her dainty hands. That morning she had been at work in wax, Molding a wreath of flowers for my room,— Taking her patterns from the living blows, In all their dewy beauty and sweet bloom, Fresh from my garden. Fuchsia, tulip, rose, And trailing ivy, grew beneath her touch, Resembling the living plants as much As life is copied in the form of death: These ...
— Maurine and Other Poems • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... a complicated operation against the formidable defenses in front of us included the assembling of divisions and of corps and army artillery, transport, aircraft, tanks, ambulances, the location of hospitals, and the molding together of all of the elements of a great modern army with its own railroads, supplied directly by our own Service of Supply, The concentration for this operation, which was to be a surprise, involved the movement, mostly at night, ...
— America's War for Humanity • Thomas Herbert Russell

... switched off the ComWeb, got into the Beldon again and attached her leaf designs where the model had carried them. They adhered softly, molding themselves to her, neatly ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz


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