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mould

   [mohld]
noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object) Chiefly British.
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trans·mould, verb (used with object)
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  • Instead, you may be offered imitation bear's paw made from mutton pushed into a paw-shaped mould.
  • There's always the wannabes that follow the shows that break the mould.
  • So how pleasing it is to be able to report the success of a business leader who breaks the mould.
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mould or mold1 (məʊld)
 
—n
1.  a shaped cavity used to give a definite form to fluid or plastic material
2.  a frame on which something may be constructed
3.  something shaped in or made on a mould
4.  shape, form, design, or pattern
5.  specific nature, character, or type: heroic mould
 
—vb
6.  to make in a mould
7.  to shape or form, as by using a mould
8.  to influence or direct: to mould opinion
9.  to cling to: the skirt moulds her figure
10.  metallurgy to make (a material such as sand) into a mould that is used in casting
 
[C13 (n): changed from Old French modle, from Latin modulus a small measure, module]
 
mold or mold1
 
—n
 
—vb
 
[C13 (n): changed from Old French modle, from Latin modulus a small measure, module]
 
'mouldable or mold1
 
—adj
 
'moldable or mold1
 
—adj
 
moulda'bility or mold1
 
—n
 
molda'bility or mold1
 
—n

mould or (US) mold2 (məʊld)
 
—n
1.  a coating or discoloration caused by various saprotrophic fungi that develop in a damp atmosphere on the surface of stored food, fabrics, wallpaper, etc
2.  any of the fungi that causes this growth
 
—vb
3.  to become or cause to become covered with this growth
 
[C15: dialect (Northern English) mowlde mouldy, from the past participle of moulen to become mouldy, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse mugla mould]
 
mold or (US) mold2
 
—n
 
—vb
 
[C15: dialect (Northern English) mowlde mouldy, from the past participle of moulen to become mouldy, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse mugla mould]

mould or (US) mold3 (məʊld)
 
—n
1.  loose soil, esp when rich in organic matter
2.  poetic the earth
 
[Old English molde; related to Old High German molta soil, Gothic mulde]
 
mold or (US) mold3
 
—n
 
[Old English molde; related to Old High German molta soil, Gothic mulde]

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mould
see mold (2).
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