| mould or mold1 (məʊld) |
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| —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 |
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| —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 |
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| [C13 (n): changed from Old French modle, from Latin modulus a small measure, module] |
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| mold or mold1 |
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| —vb |
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| [C13 (n): changed from Old French modle, from Latin modulus a small measure, module] |
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| 'mouldable or mold1 |
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| —adj |
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| 'moldable or mold1 |
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| —adj |
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| moulda'bility or mold1 |
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| —n |
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| molda'bility or mold1 |
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