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Synonyms for mold

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : mohld
Phonetic Transcription : moʊld

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Définition of mold

Origin :
  • also mould, "hollow shape," c.1200, originally "fashion, form; nature, native constitution, character," metathesized from Old French modle "model, plan, copy; way, manner" (12c., Modern French moule), from Latin modulum (nominative modulus) "measure, model," diminutive of modus "manner" (see mode (1)). From c.1300 as "pattern or model by which something is shaped or made." To break the mold "render impossible the creation of another" is from 1560s.
  • noun form, pattern
  • verb form, give shape
Example sentences :
  • When he turned he saw, to his horror, Gunga about to smash into the mold with his ax.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • They should have gone into the mold in proper relation to each other.
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
  • At the age of thirteen he had taken his fortune in his own hand, and was about to mold it as best he might.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • The cellar had only a mud bottom and this was covered with slime and mold.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on the Farm » by Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
  • It will be well to look at them occasionally to see that they do not get too dry nor be so damp as to mold.
  • Extract from : « Walnut Growing in Oregon » by Various
  • The dust of centuries may sift upon it, but the moth and the mold may harm it not.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • You can prove, also, that the mold is caused only by other mold.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • The mixture is then poured into a mold or other vessel and put into a cool place.
  • Extract from : « Golden Days for Boys and Girls » by Various
  • The sensation wishes to find a form on which to mold the vagueness of its contours.
  • Extract from : « Dreams » by Henri Bergson
  • Somebody seemed to have stepped on his hat and his coat was smeared with mold.
  • Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse

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