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MOULDER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they moulder ... he / she / it moulders
Past simple: mouldered
Past participle: mouldered
-ing form: mouldering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Break down
Example:
The bodies decomposed in the heat
Synonyms:
decompose; molder; moulder; rot
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "moulder" is one way to...):
decay (undergo decay or decomposition)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "moulder"):
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
