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Molding   /mˈoʊldɪŋ/   Listen
Molding

noun
1.
The act of creating something by casting it in a mold.  Synonym: casting.
2.
A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing.  Synonym: moulding.
3.
A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge.  Synonyms: border, moulding.
4.
Sculpture produced by molding.  Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, mold, mould, moulding.
5.
A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied.  Synonyms: modeling, modelling, moulding.



Mold

verb
(past & past part. molded or moulded; pres. part. molding or moulding)
1.
Form in clay, wax, etc.  Synonyms: model, mould.
2.
Become moldy; spoil due to humidity.  Synonym: mildew.
3.
Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.  Synonyms: cast, mould.
4.
Make something, usually for a specific function.  Synonyms: forge, form, mould, shape, work.  "Form cylinders from the dough" , "Shape a figure" , "Work the metal into a sword"
5.
Fit tightly, follow the contours of.
6.
Shape or influence; give direction to.  Synonyms: determine, influence, regulate, shape.  "Mold public opinion"



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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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