Mold meaning
An example of a mold is a container into which you pour soft Jello so it will assume the specific shape of the container.
The oval mold of her face.
A leader in the mold of her predecessors.
A method of scientific investigation that broke the mold and led to a new discovery.
Shoes that gradually molded to my feet.
Men of his mold.
The oval mold of her face.
His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery.
The arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.
These shoes gradually molded to my feet.
An example of mold is a fungus that has grown on bread left in a damp environment.
Origin of mold
- Middle English molde from Old French modle, molle from Latin modulus diminutive of modus measure med- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English moulde probably from past participle of moulen to grow moldy from Old Norse mygla
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old English molde melə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy"), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglÅnÄ…, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung")), from Proto-Indo-European *meuk- 'slick, soft'. More at muck and meek.
From Wiktionary
- From Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldÅ "˜dirt, soil' (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian mold), from Proto-Indo-European *mlÌ¥-tÄ (compare Old Irish moll "˜bran', Lithuanian mìltai "˜flour'), from *mel- (compare English meal). More at meal.
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