mold

Meaning

Noun

1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
4. The shape or pattern of a mold.
5. General shape or form.
6. Distinctive character or type.
7. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
8. A group of moldings.
9. A fontanelle.

Verb

1. To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
2. To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
3. To fit closely by following the contours of.
4. To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
5. To ornament with moldings.
6. To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

Verb

1. To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
2. To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

Verb

To cover with mold or soil.

Synonyms

mould

mould

mildew

form

cast

model

shape

sculpt

grow mouldy

grow moldy

grow mouldy

become moldy

stamp

must

become mouldy

become moldy

become mouldy

go bad

pattern

template

forge

die

💀

molding

moulding

make

fungus

work

fashion

knead

turn

moldy

mustiness

clay sculpture

get mouldy

get moldy

casting

mint

go mouldy

build

moldiness

matrix

spoil

influence

sort

frame

block

found

impression

mycete

musty

earth

rust

go moldy

humus

determine

mould fungus

rot

formative

regulate

go moldy

get moldy

go mouldy

get mouldy

kind

brick

modeling

sculpture

stalemate

stamper

stripe

style

their

till

toadstool

type

crystallizer

mouldiness

metal pattern

typesetting plates

pressing plates

proplasm

vegetable mold

stripe blight

twig blight

die plate

foundry mold

mold making

crystallizing pan

crystallizing tank

charging box

cast from

draw mold

Amer

mold fungus

adopt

airless

bacteria

basin

be

beat

brand

breed

build up

by

case

casserole

casting mould

character

characterise

characterize

coin

🪙

conjure up

copy

crucible

damp

draw

dress

👗

dude

dust

edit

example

former

fustiness

germ

grade

grey

ground

hoist

ideal

imitate

its

leave

loam

manner

mark

marked

mildewed

mock-up

modelling

modify

module

modulo

modulus

mushroom

🍄

nature

on

🔛

original edition

paradigm

pinch

plant

🌱

plate

press

print

prototype

quality

revise

rewrite

sandbox

scarify

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məʊld/

Etymology

From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.