Mold

Definitions

1. A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
   US, countable, uncountable
3. The top or crown of the head.
   US, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
4. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
   US, countable, uncountable
5. A town and community in and the county town of Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2364).
6. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
   US, countable, uncountable
7. A fungus that creates such furry growths.
   US, countable, uncountable
8. Earth, ground.
   UK, US, countable, dialectal, plural, uncountable
9. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington, United States.
10. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
    US, countable, uncountable
11. A surname.
12. The shape or pattern of a mold.
    US, countable, uncountable
13. General shape or form.
    US, countable, uncountable
14. Distinctive character or type.
    US, countable, uncountable
15. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
    US, countable, uncountable
16. A group of moldings.
    US, countable, uncountable
17. A fontanelle.
    US, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

56 more languages

Afrikaansmuf

العربيةالقالبتعفنسنعفنعفونةقالب+ 3 more

Azərbaycan dilikif

Българскиплесенформахарактер

བོད་སྐད།ཧམ་འབུ

Bosanskibuđformahumusmalmeomoćmodelmufapatronplesanplijesansȉmosimoбуђплесанплијесанформашаблон+ 15 more

Catalàemmotllarfloriduramodelarmotlemotlle+ 2 more

Češtinaformamodelplíseňplísňovýtvářet+ 2 more

CymraegllwydniYr Wyddgrug

Danskmug

Ελληνικάκαλούπιμήτραμούχλα

Esperantomatricomuldiŝimo

Eestihallitus

فارسیقالبکالبکپک

Suomihomemultamultamainenmuokatamuokkautuamuotomuotoillamuotoutuamuottiolemuspiirteetvalosvalumuotti+ 10 more

Gaeilgemúnlamúscánsnas

Galegobalorformahumedénmofo+ 1 more

עבריתטחבעבשעובש

हिन्दीफफूँदी

Hrvatskibuđformahumusmalmeomoćmodelmufapatronplesanplijesansȉmosimoбуђплесанплијесанформашаблон+ 15 more

Magyaralakalakítalakulformaformáljellemkialakítlenyomatmintamintázöntvénypenésztelevénytípus+ 11 more

Հայերենբորբոսկաղապարձուլել

Bahasa Indonesiaacuancendawancetakcetakankapangmal+ 3 more

Íslenskamygla

Italianocalcodare la formamodellaremuffastampotimballo+ 3 more

日本語型菌霉黴+ 1 more

ქართულინეშომპალაობიჰუმუსი

ភាសាខ្មែរផ្សិត

한국어곰팡이틀팡이

Kurdîformformalkapangkîfmalmocmodelmufapatron+ 6 more

Latinafingōhumusmucor

ລາວໂໝະ

Lietuviųmiltligėpelėsiai

Latviešupelējums

Македонскикалапмувла

മലയാളംപൂപ്പൽ

Монголхөгццутгах

Bahasa Melayukulapuk

မြန်မာမှို

Nederlandsde vorm aannemen vangietvormmalmeeldauwSchimmelvormvormenvormgeven+ 5 more

Polskiblejerforemkaformaformowaćkształtowaćmodelowaćodlewodlewaćpleśńpleśniowytworzydło+ 8 more

Portuguêsbolormodelarmofomoldarmoldar-se amolde+ 3 more

Românămucegai

Русскийлепитьлитейная фо́рмами́лдьюплесеньформироватьформовать+ 3 more

Slovenčinapleseň

Slovenščinaplesen

Shqipmyk

Српскиbuđformahumusmalmeomoćmodelmufapatronplesanplijesansimosȉmoбуђплесанплијесанформашаблон+ 15 more

Svenskagjutformmögelmull

Kiswahilikalibukuvu

தமிழ்பூஞ்சை

ไทยพิมพ์ร้าแม่พิมพ์แม่แบบ+ 1 more

Tagalogamagapaya

Türkçekalıpküf

Українськаплі́сеньплі́снявацвільшаблон+ 1 more

Tiếng Việtkhuônmeomóc

Examples

“the oval mold of her face⟳”

“Crowned with an architrave of antique mould.”

“This new-comer was a man who in any company would have⟳ seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like⟳ the man himself, as though he had come⟳ from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.”

“a leader in the mold of her predecessors”

“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”

“What a while continueth the mould and crowne of our heads to beate and pant, before our braine is well ſetled[…]”

“By reaſon whereof the flaſhing of the Water, and ſharpness of the Air, did ſo pierce the Archbiſhop (being above Threeſcore and thirteen years of Age) that he complained the ſame night of a great cold, which he had then taken in the mould of his Head.”

“[…]its eyes as large as a mans; and betwixt the two eyes, it hath a hole like⟳ the mould in the head of a man, by which it ſucks in and ſpouts out the Water[…]”

CEFR level