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- [mohld]
- /moʊld/
- /məʊld/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mohld]
- /moʊld/
Definitions of mold word
- noun mold loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants. 1
- noun mold British Dialect. ground; earth. 1
- verb with object mold to work into a required shape or form; shape. 1
- verb with object mold to shape or form in or on a mold. 1
- verb with object mold Metallurgy. to form a mold of or from, in order to make a casting. 1
- verb with object mold to produce by or as if by shaping material; form. 1
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Origin of mold
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English molde < Old French modle < Latin modulus module; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Mold
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mold popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mold usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mold
verb mold
- forge — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- plot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- fashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
noun mold
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- die — When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- tin — taxpayer identification number.
- dish — Slang. to gossip about: They talked all night, dishing their former friends.
- bowl — A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning.
Antonyms for mold
verb mold
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
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