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trans·mould, verb (used with object)
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mould or mold1 (məʊld) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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, | |
| mold or mold1 | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C13 (n): changed from Old French modle, from Latin modulus a small measure, | |
| 'mouldable or mold1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'moldable or mold1 | |
| —adj | |
| moulda'bility or mold1 | |
| —n | |
| molda'bility or mold1 | |
| —n | |
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Mould
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| 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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Example sentences
But the claim is made on behalf of each successive generation that it will break the mould in which its predecessors were formed.
Finally, the replica part made of plastic was used to make a mould for casting the finished component in aluminium.
Fill an oiled border-mould with three layers of melted fondant.
Mould apparently remains steadfastly opposed to taking any trips down memory lane.
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