mold
IPA: mˈoʊɫd
noun
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- A fungus that creates such colored, furry growths.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- (dialectal or obsolete) The top or crown of the head.
- A town in and the county town of Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2364).
- An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington, United States.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- To cover with mold or soil.
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Examples of "mold" in Sentences
- The concrete is placed in the mold.
- The plastic then cools and hardens in the mold.
- A screw forces the liquefied plastic into the mold cavity.
- The mandrel has substantially the shape of the mold cavity.
- The mold cavity defines the shape of the product to be cast.
- The rubber article is intended to adopt the shape of the mold.
- For this body is defiled and molded from a mold of defilement.
- The preform is next expanded to the shape of the blow mold cavity.
- The glassblower blows to conform the glass into the shape of the mold.
- In the strictest sense, plasticity means the ability to be formed or molded.
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