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M0372000 (mōld)n.1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.4. The shape or pattern of a mold.5. General shape or form: the oval mold of her face.6. Distinctive character or type: a leader in the mold of her predecessors.7. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form: a method of scientific investigation that broke the mold and led to a new discovery.8. Architecture See molding.v. mold·ed, mold·ing, molds v.tr.1. a. To form (something) out of a fluid or plastic material: molded a cup out of clay.b. To form into a particular shape; give shape to: molded the clay into a ball.c. To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence: a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students.2. To fit closely by following the contours of (the body). Used of clothing.v.intr. To assume a certain shape: shoes that gradually molded to my feet.

[Middle English molde, from Old French modle, molle, from Latin modulus, diminutive of modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

mold′a·ble adj.mold′er n.

mold²

M0372000 (mōld)n.1. a. Any of various filamentous fungi that grow on and contribute to the decay of organic matter.b. A growth of such fungi.2. Any of various other saprophytic or parasitic organisms that resemble fungi, such as slime molds or water molds.intr.v. mold·ed, mold·ing, molds To become moldy.

[Middle English moulde, probably from past participle of moulen, to grow moldy, from Old Norse mygla.]

mold³

M0372000 (mōld)n.1. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.2. Chiefly British a. The earth; the ground.b. The earth of the grave.3. Archaic Earth as the substance of the human body.

[Middle English, from Old English molde; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]

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(məʊld) n, vb the US spelling of mould¹

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n. 1. a hollow form for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state. 2. the shape imparted by a mold. 3. something formed in or on a mold: a mold of jelly. 4. a frame on which something is formed or made. 5. shape; form. 6. prototype; precursor. 7. a distinctive nature, character, or type: a person of a simple mold. 8. Archit. a molding. v.t. 9. to work into a required shape or form; shape. 10. to shape or form in or on a mold. 11. Metall. to form a mold of or from, in order to make a casting. 12. to produce by or as if by shaping material; form. 13. to have influence in determining or forming. 14. to ornament with moldings. Also, esp. Brit., mould. [1175–1225; < Old French modle < Latin modulus module] mold′a•ble, adj. mold′er, n.

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n. 1. a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness. 2. any of the fungi that produce such a growth; mildew. v.t. 3. to cause to become overgrown with mold. v.i. 4. to become overgrown with mold. Also, esp. Brit., mould. [1150–1200; late Middle English mowlde, appar. n. use of variant of earlier mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen to grow moldy]

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n. 1. loose, friable earth, esp. when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants. 2. Brit. Dial. ground; earth. Also, esp. Brit., mould. [before 900; Middle English, Old English molde earth, dust, ground; akin to meal², mill¹]

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(mōld) Any of various fungi that often form a fuzzy growth on the surface of organic matter. Some molds cause food to spoil, but others are beneficial, such as those used to make certain cheeses and those from which drugs like penicillin were developed.

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Past participle: molded
Gerund: molding

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Present
I mold
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Preterite
I molded
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Present Continuous
I am molding
you are molding
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Present Perfect
I have molded
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Past Continuous
I was molding
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Past Perfect
I had molded
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Future
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Future Perfect
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Future Continuous
I will be molding
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been molding
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been molding
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been molding
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Conditional
I would mold
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Past Conditional
I would have molded
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mold - the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"stamp, mould, castsolid - a three-dimensional shape
	2.	mold - container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardenscast, mouldcontainer - 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)form - a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"matrix - mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surfacepig bed, pig - mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is castsandbox - mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
	3.	mold - loose soil rich in organic matter moulddirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rockleaf mold, leaf mould, leaf soil - soil composed mainly of decaying leaves
	4.	mold - the process of becoming mildewedmildew, mouldspoiling, spoilage - the process of becoming spoiled
	5.	mold - a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic mattermouldmucor - any mold of the genus Mucorrhizopus - any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopuswater mold - parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soilfungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
	6.	mold - a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold; "a lobster mold"; "a gelatin dessert made in a mold"moulddish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"afters, dessert, sweet - a dish served as the last course of a meal
	7.	mold - a distinctive nature, character, or type; "a leader in the mold of her predecessors"mouldhallmark, stylemark, trademark, earmark - a distinctive characteristic or attribute
	8.	mold - sculpture produced by molding clay sculpture, modeling, moulding, molding, mouldsculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art
Verb	1.	mold - form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"mould, modelartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
	2.	mold - become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house"mildewchange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"smut - become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten"dry-rot - affect or be affected with dry rot
	3.	mold - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture"mould, castshape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"press out, press - press from a plastic; "press a record"remold, remould, recast - cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast"sand cast - pour molten metal into a mold of sand
	4.	mold - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"shape, mould, form, forge, workcarve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"swage, upset - form metals with a swagechip - form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"layer - make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"cut out - form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"machine - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinerygrind - shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"stamp - form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"puddle - subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratchpreform - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehandpreform - form into a shape resembling the final, desired onemound - form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth"hill - form into a hillroughcast - shape roughlyremold, reshape - shape again or shape differentlysinter - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without meltingmould, mold, cast - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture"throw - make on a potter's wheel; "she threw a beautiful teapot"handbuild, hand-build, coil - make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"mold, mould, model - form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"
	5.	mold - fit tightly, follow the contours of; "The dress molds her beautiful figure"cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
	6.	mold - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"shape, determine, influence, regulatedispose, incline - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"disincline, indispose - make unwillingmiscreate - shape or form or make badly; "Our miscreated fantasies"carry weight - have influence to a specified degree; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight"decide - influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"reshape - shape anew or differently; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country"time - set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"index - adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices"pace - regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"predetermine - determine beforehandcause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

mold

noun1. A hollow device for shaping a fluid or plastic substance:cast, form, matrix.2. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.Informal: persuasion.verb1. To create by forming, combining, or altering materials:assemble, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, make, manufacture, produce, put together, shape.2. To give form to by or as if by pressing and kneading:form, model, shape.

Translations

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name for certain multicellular organisms of the various classes of the kingdom FungiFungi
, kingdom of heterotrophic single-celled, multinucleated, or multicellular organisms, including yeasts, molds, and mushrooms. The organisms live as parasites, symbionts, or saprobes (see saprophyte).
..... Click the link for more information. , characteristically having bodies composed of a cottony mycelium. The colors of molds are caused by the spores, which are borne on the mycelium. Most molds are saprobes and can obtain moisture and nutriment from fruits, vegetables, jelly, cheese, butter, bread, silage, and almost any dead organic matter. Among the commonest forms is the black bread mold (Rhizopus nigricans), which grows on decaying vegetables and fruits as well as on bread. Some molds, e.g., species of Penicillium, are useful in the preparation of Camembert, Roquefort, and other cheeses. Penicillinpenicillin,
any of a group of chemically similar substances obtained from molds of the genus Penicillium that were the first antibiotic agents to be used successfully in the treatment of bacterial infections in humans.
..... Click the link for more information. and other antibiotic substances are also obtained from molds. A few molds are pathogenic, e.g., those which cause ringworm and other skin diseases and several which cause diseases of plantsdiseases of plants.
Most plant diseases are caused by fungi, bacteria, and viruses. Although the term disease is usually used only for the destruction of live plants, the action of dry rot and the rotting of harvested crops in storage or transport is similar to the rots
..... Click the link for more information. . Some molds produce toxic chemicals called mycotoxins that can cause serious diseases (see ergotergot
, disease of rye and other cereals caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea. The cottony, matlike body, or mycelium, of the fungus develops in the ovaries of the host plant; it eventually turns into a hard pink or purple body, the sclerotium, or ergot, that resembles
..... Click the link for more information. ). Some organisms traditionally thought to be mold (e.g., slime moldsslime mold
or slime fungus,
a heterotrophic organism once regarded as a fungus but later classified with the Protista. In a recent system of classification based on analysis of nucleic acid (genetic material) sequences, slime molds have been classified in a major group
..... Click the link for more information. ) have now been placed in the kingdom ProtistaProtista
or Protoctista
, in the five-kingdom system of classification, a kingdom comprising a variety of unicellular and some simple multinuclear and multicellular eukaryotic organisms.
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Bibliography

See M. K. Matossian, Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and History (1989).

Mold

A mold is a fungus that typically grows in a filamentous cobweb-like mass under damp conditions and is capable of producing a staggering numbers of reproductive spores in as little as a few days. Molds are non-chlorophyll-containing entities, which require organic matter, living or dead, for survival. Mold is a critical participant in the “recycling” of dead organic material on the planet. Mold’s relationship with humans range from the positive (e.g., food, antibiotics) to the negative (e.g., pathogens, antigens, toxins).

Mold

a metal form for casting metal as ingots.

On the basis of design, casting molds are subdivided into closed-bottom and open-bottom, and by the method of casting, into those filled from above and those filled from below (bottom pouring). Horizontal-type molds are used to pour cast iron in casting machines, and molds in the form of low baths, sometimes with vertical dividers, are used to pour iron alloys and certain nonferrous metals. Vertical-type cast-iron molds are the most common in industry for pouring steel. The molds used for ingots designated for forging can hold 100 tons of steel and more; the molds for steel intended for rolling are figured for ingots weighing between 100 kg and 20 tons (ingots for slabs). Casting molds with hot tops are made to decrease the shrinkage cavity in the ingots.

Mold

(in Russian, mul’da), a casting pan for molding pigs in a casting machine.

Mold

a furry or velvety growth that coats plants, animals, and nonliving organic objects. Molds are formed by certain as-comycetous, phycomycetous, and imperfect fungi. The filaments of the mycelium thread through the substrate and, by secreting certain enzymes, destroy it. Molds result in great losses to the national economy, causing spoilage of such food products as flour, bread, canned goods, fruit juices, meat, dairy goods, beer, and kvass. They often destroy stored fruits and vegetables. Molds also lower the quality of fodders and cause various diseases of plants, thus lowering yield.

The most common phycomycetous molds are formed by species of the genera Mucor and Rhizopus. They are furry, grayish white deposits with tiny black globules, or sporangia, filled with numerous spores. Similar deposits often develop on bread, preserves, seeds, and fruit. Among Ascomycetes, the species Calonectria graminicola (imperfect stage—Fusarium nivale) form mold on winter plantings of rye and wheat and on such perennial grasses as orchard grass, bent, meadowgrass, and foxtail. Among the Fungi Imperfecti that form mold are various species of Penicillium and Aspergillus, which usually develop as blue-gray or green deposits on food products and many fruits. Molds can cause many plant diseases. Some secrete toxins poisonous to man and animals, and others parasitize external coverings and internal organs of man and animals.

Many molds are used in industry owing to their high fermentative activity. For example, Aspergillus niger is used to obtain citric acid, and in Japan A. oryzae is used to obtain sake. Penicillium roquefortii and P. camembertii are used to make Roquefort and Camembert cheeses. Penicillium and other fungi are used in the pharmaceutical industry as sources of penicillins and other antibiotics.

M. A. LITVINOV

Mold

a fungus that produces characteristic deposits, also known as molds, on food products, fruit, plant remains, wallpaper, leather, and other objects. Molds belong to various taxo-nomic groups: Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, and Fungi Imperfecti.

mold

[mōld] (engineering) A pattern or template used as a guide in construction. A cavity which imparts its form to a fluid or malleable substance. (engineering acoustics) The metal part derived from the master by electroforming in reproducing disk recordings; has grooves similar to those of the recording. (geology) Soft, crumbling friable earth. (graphic arts) To form a plastic substance by placing it in a matrix or form. The form or matrix for shaping a plastic substance. (mycology) Any of various woolly fungus growths. (paleontology) An impression made in rock or earth material by an inner or outer surface of a fossil shell or other organic structure; a complete mold would be the hollow space.

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mold for finishing concrete 1. A concave and/or convex form from which castings or pressings are replicated. 2. A template or pattern. 3. Same as molding.

mould

¹ (US), mold1. a shaped cavity used to give a definite form to fluid or plastic material 2. something shaped in or made on a mould

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² (US), mold1. a coating or discoloration caused by various saprotrophic fungi that develop in a damp atmosphere on the surface of stored food, fabrics, wallpaper, etc. 2. any of the fungi that causes this growth

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(US), mold loose soil, esp when rich in organic matter

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noun a hollow device for shaping a fluid or plastic substance

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noun a class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members

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verb to create by forming, combining, or altering materials

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verb to give form to by or as if by pressing and kneading

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noun the distinctive form in which a thing is made

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

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noun loose soil rich in organic matter

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noun the process of becoming mildewed

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

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noun a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold

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noun a distinctive nature, character, or type

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