mold

[mold]

That green fungus growing on your bread is called mold use it as a science experiment if you want to, but you definitely shouldn't plan on eating it. Mold grows where there is damp, decaying organic matter.

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A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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

Noun
sculpture produced by molding

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

Noun
the process of becoming mildewed

Noun
the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"

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Noun
loose soil rich in organic matter

Verb
become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house"

Verb
shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

Verb
fit tightly, follow the contours of; "The dress molds her beautiful figure"

Verb
make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"

Verb
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture"

Verb
form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"


n.
A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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v. t.
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Mold

Mold , n. [See Mo a spot.] A spot; a blemish; a mole. [Obs.] Spenser.

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Usage Examples

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.

You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

God made me and broke the mold.

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Other Usage Examples

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

I'm social and I meet people and talk to people but I'm not looking for the ideal person to fit my mold and to raise my family with yet. I'm just kind of doing my thing and learning from the people I'm around and who I cross paths with.

Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.

A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.

In an age of social media and content being key, it's important to change the mold where you have $100,000 to $150,000 for one video. I hired some guys that are young, just out of college, and we used some new, far-less-expensive cameras and technology to make videos.

Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.

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