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    MOLDER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they molder  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it molders  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: moldered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: moldered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: moldering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Break downplay

    Example:

    The bodies decomposed in the heat

    Synonyms:

    decompose; molder; moulder; rot

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

    decay (undergo decay or decomposition)

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

    biodegrade (break down naturally through the action of biological agents)

    hang (suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Something ----s something

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