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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:
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:
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:
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)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mould ... he / she / it moulds
Past simple: moulded
Past participle: moulded
-ing form: moulding
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)
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)
