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MOULD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

Synonyms:

cast; mold; mould

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mould"):

form (a mold for setting concrete)

matrix (mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface)

pig; pig bed (mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast)

sandbox (mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sculpture produced by molding

Synonyms:

clay sculpture; modeling; mold; molding; mould; moulding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)

Derivation:

mould (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold)

mould (form in clay, wax, etc)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A distinctive nature, character, or type

Example:

a leader in the mold of her predecessors

Synonyms:

mold; mould

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

earmark; hallmark; stylemark; trademark (a distinctive characteristic or attribute)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold

Example:

a gelatin dessert made in a mold

Synonyms:

mold; mould

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

afters; dessert; sweet (a dish served as the last course of a meal)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

Synonyms:

mold; mould

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mould"):

mucor (any mold of the genus Mucor)

rhizopus (any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus)

water mold (parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil)

Derivation:

mouldy (covered with or smelling of mold)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The process of becoming mildewed

Synonyms:

mildew; mold; mould

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

spoilage; spoiling (the process of becoming spoiled)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The distinctive form in which a thing is made

Example:

pottery of this cast was found throughout the region

Synonyms:

cast; mold; mould; stamp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

solid (a three-dimensional shape)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Loose soil rich in organic matter

Synonyms:

mold; mould

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mould"):

leaf mold; leaf mould; leaf soil (soil composed mainly of decaying leaves)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make something, usually for a specific function

Example:

Work the metal into a sword

Synonyms:

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "mould" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

Verb group:

process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mould"):

preform (form into a shape resembling the final, desired one)

mound (form into a rounded elevation)

hill (form into a hill)

roughcast (shape roughly)

remold; reshape (shape again or shape differently)

sinter (cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting)

cast; mold; mould (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold)

throw (make on a potter's wheel)

coil; hand-build; handbuild (make without a potter's wheel)

sculpt; sculpture (create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material)

model; mold; mould (form in clay, wax, etc)

preform (form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand)

beat (shape by beating)

puddle (subject to puddling or form by puddling)

stamp (form or cut out with a mold, form, or die)

grind (shape or form by grinding)

machine (turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery)

cut out (form and create by cutting out)

layer (make or form a layer)

chip (form by chipping)

swage; upset (form metals with a swage)

carve (form by carving)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

Example:

cast a bronze sculpture

Synonyms:

cast; mold; mould

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "mould" is one way to...):

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mould"):

press; press out (press from a plastic)

recast; remold; remould (cast again)

sand cast (pour molten metal into a mold of sand)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mould; moulding (sculpture produced by molding)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form in clay, wax, etc

Example:

model a head with clay

Synonyms:

model; mold; mould

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "mould" is one way to...):

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mould (sculpture produced by molding)

moulding (a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied)

Credits

 Context examples: 

She is almost entirely in ballast of silver sand, with only a small amount of cargo—a number of great wooden boxes filled with mould.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“I suppose she was to be subdued and broken to their detestable mould, Heaven help her!” said I. “And she has been.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Raphael's face was found boldly executed on the underside of the moulding board, and Bacchus on the head of a beer barrel.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I trust, Alleyne, that thou didst very carefully note and mark the bearing and carriage of this knight of France; for it is time, now when you are young, that you should see all that is best, and mould your own actions in accordance.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a strength we are wont to associate with things primitive, with wild animals, and the creatures we imagine our tree-dwelling prototypes to have been—a strength savage, ferocious, alive in itself, the essence of life in that it is the potency of motion, the elemental stuff itself out of which the many forms of life have been moulded; in short, that which writhes in the body of a snake when the head is cut off, and the snake, as a snake, is dead, or which lingers in the shapeless lump of turtle-meat and recoils and quivers from the prod of a finger.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

How our hydraulic engineer had been conveyed from the garden to the spot where he recovered his senses might have remained forever a mystery were it not for the soft mould, which told us a very plain tale.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By some means, which are not yet clear, he succeeded in winning, under a false name, this official position in the office, which he utilised in order to obtain moulding of various locks, and a thorough knowledge of the position of the strong room and the safes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The clay of him had been so moulded in the making.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But I don't mean to flatter you: if you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He was clay in her hands immediately, as passionately desirous of being moulded by her as she was desirous of shaping him into the image of her ideal of man.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

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