Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense moulders, present participle mouldering, past tense, past participle moulderedregional note: in AM, use molder
verb [usually cont]
If something is mouldering, it is decaying slowly where it has been left.
...one of your scripts that's been mouldering under the bed for ages. [VERB]
It is clear that such ideas will be left to moulder. [VERB]
...the empty, mouldering old house. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: decay, waste, break down, crumble More Synonyms of moulder
moulder in British English1
or US molder (ˈməʊldə)
verb
(often foll by away)
to crumble or cause to crumble, as through decay
Word origin
C16: verbal use of mould3
moulder in British English2
or US molder (ˈməʊldə)
noun
1.
a person who moulds or makes moulds
2. printing
one of the set of electrotypes used for making duplicates
moulder in American English
(ˈmoʊldər)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
British
molder
Examples of 'moulder' in a sentence
moulder
I knew you wouldn't leave me to moulder in this rotten place!
Babson, Marian WEEKEND FOR MURDER
A cellar, where they would moulder away until he no longer had need of her services.
Smith, Evelyn E MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
(verb)
Definition
to crumble or cause to crumble, as through decay
the empty, mouldering old house
Synonyms
decay
The dead leaves slowly decayed.
waste
break down
crumble
Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.
The chalk cliffs are crumbling.
rot
The grain will start rotting in the silos.
disintegrate
At 420 mph the windscreen disintegrated.
perish
The rubber lining had perished.
decompose
foods which decompose and rot
Additional synonyms
in the sense of crumble
Definition
to fall apart or decay
Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.The chalk cliffs are crumbling.