mole (redirected from Moles)

mole ¹  (ml)

n.

A small congenital growth on the human skin, usually slightly raised and dark and sometimes hairy, especially a pigmented nevus.

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[Middle English, from Old English ml.]

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mole ²  (ml)

n.

1. Any of various small insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae, usually living underground and having thickset bodies with light brown to dark gray silky fur, rudimentary eyes, tough muzzles, and strong forefeet for burrowing.

2. A machine that bores through hard surfaces, used especially for tunneling through rock.

3. A spy who operates from within an organization, especially a double agent operating against his or her own government from within its intelligence establishment.

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[Middle English molle; possibly akin to mold.]

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mole ³  (ml)

n.

1. A massive, usually stone wall constructed in the sea, used as a breakwater and built to enclose or protect an anchorage or a harbor.

2. The anchorage or harbor enclosed by a mole.

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[French môle, from Italian molo, from Late Greek mlos, from Latin mls, mass, mole.]

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mole ⁴  (ml)

n.

A fleshy abnormal mass formed in the uterus by the degeneration or abortive development of an ovum.

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[French môle, from Latin mola, millstone, mole; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]

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mole ⁵  (ml)

n. Abbr. mol

1. The amount of a substance that contains as many atoms, molecules, ions, or other elementary units as the number of atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon 12. The number is 6.0225 × 10²³, or Avogadro's number. Also called gram molecule.

2. The mass in grams of this amount of a substance, numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance. Also called gram-molecular weight. See Table at measurement.

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[German Mol, short for Molekulargewicht, molecular weight, from molekular, molecular, from French moléculaire, from molécule, molecule; see molecule.]

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mo·le ⁶  (ml)

n.

Any of various spicy sauces of Mexican origin, usually having a base of onion, chilies, nuts or seeds, and unsweetened chocolate and served with meat or poultry.

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[American Spanish, from Nahuatl mlli.]

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mole¹

n

(Medicine) Pathol a nontechnical name for naevus

[Old English māl; related to Old High German meil spot]

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mole²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small burrowing mammal, of the family Talpidae, of Europe, Asia, and North and Central America: order Insectivora (insectivores). They have velvety, typically dark fur and forearms specialized for digging

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

golden mole any small African burrowing molelike mammal of the family Chrysochloridae, having copper-coloured fur: order Insectivora (insectivores)

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Informal a spy who has infiltrated an organization and, often over a long period, become a trusted member of it

[from Middle Dutch mol, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German mol]

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mole³

n

(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the basic SI unit of amount of substance; the amount that contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon-12. The entity must be specified and may be an atom, a molecule, an ion, a radical, an electron, a photon, etc. Symbol mol

[from German Mol, short for Molekül molecule]

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mole⁴

n

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a breakwater

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a harbour protected by a breakwater

3. (Engineering / Tools) a large tunnel excavator for use in soft rock

[from French môle, from Latin mōlēs mass]

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mole⁵

n

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a fleshy growth in the uterus formed by the degeneration of fetal tissues

[medical use of Latin mola millstone]

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mole⁶

n

(Cookery) a spicy Mexican sauce made from chili and chocolate

[from Mexican Spanish from Nahuatl molli sauce]

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mole ¹  (ml)

A small, usually pigmented, benign growth on the skin.

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mole ²  (ml)

The amount of an element, compound, or other substance that has the same number of basic particles as 12 grams of Carbon-12. The number of particles making up a mole is Avogadro's number. For elements and compounds, the mass of one mole, in grams, is roughly equal to the atomic or molecular weight of the substance. For example, carbon dioxide, CO₂, has a molecular weight of 44; therefore, one mole of it weighs 44 grams.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mole - the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites gram molecule, mol metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
	2.	mole - a spy who works against enemy espionage counterspy spy, undercover agent - (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
	3.	mole - spicy sauce often containing chocolate sauce - flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
	4.	mole - a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
	5.	mole - a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away breakwater, groyne, jetty, seawall, bulwark, groin barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement
	6.	mole - small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet insectivore - small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals family Talpidae, Talpidae - moles Condylura cristata, star-nosed mole, starnose mole - amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose brewer's mole, hair-tailed mole, Parascalops breweri - mole of eastern North America golden mole - mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur shrew mole - slender mole having a long snout and tail

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mole noun

Related words
collective noun labour

Translations

mole¹ [məʊl] N (Anat) → lunar m

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mole² [məʊl] N

1. (Zool) → topo m

2. (fig) (= spy) → topo m, espía mf

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mole³ [məʊl] N (Naut) → espigón m, rompeolas m inv

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mole [ˈməʊl] n

(= animal) → taupe f

(= spot) → grain m de beauté

(= person) → taupe f

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mole:

molehill

n → Maulwurfshaufen or -hügel m

moleskin

n (= fur) → Maulwurfsfell nt; (= coat/jacket etc) → Mantel/Jacke etc aus Maulwurfsfell; (= fabric) → Moleskin m or nt

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mole¹

n (Anat) → Pigmentmal nt (form), → Leberfleck m

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mole²

n (Zool) → Maulwurf m; (inf: = secret agent) → Spion(in) m(f)

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mole³

n (Naut) → Mole f

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mole¹ [məʊl] n (Zool) (fig) → talpa

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mole² [məʊl] n (on skin) → neo

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mole³ [məʊl] n (Chem) → mole f

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mole⁴ [məʊl] n (breakwater) → frangiflutti m inv

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mole¹

n mole [məul]

a small, permanent, usually dark, spot on the skin. moesie خال، شامَه бенка mateřské znaménko skønhedsplet; modermærke das Muttermahl κρεατοελιά lunar sünnimärk خال سیاه luomi, syntymämerkki grain de beauté שׁוּמָה तिल madež, pjega anyajegy tahi lalat fæðingarblettur neo ほくろ 사마귀, 검은 점 apgamas dzimumzīme tahi lalat moedervlek føflekk pieprzyk sinal aluniţă родинка materské znamienko pega, znamenje mladež födelsemärke, hudfläck ไฝ ben 痣 родимка; бородавка مسّا یا تل nốt ruồi 痣

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mole²

n mole [məul]

a small burrowing animal with very small eyes and soft fur. mol خُلْد къртица krtek muldvarp der Maulwurf τυφλοπόντικας topo mutt موش کور myyrä taupe חֲפַרפֶרֶת छंछूदर, जासूस krtica vakond tikus tanah moldvarpa talpa もぐら 두더지 kurmis kurmis tikus tanah mol moldvarp kret toupeira cârtiţă крот krtko krt krtica mullvad ตัวตุ่น köstebek 鼴鼠 кріт چھچھوندر chuột chũi 鼹鼠

n molehill

a little heap of earth dug up by a mole while tunnelling. molshoop تَل خُلْدي къртичина krtina muldvarpeskud der Maulwurfshaufen χωμάτινος σωρός από λαγούμι τυφλοπόντικα topera mutimullahunnik تپه کوچک myyränkasa taupinière תֵּל חֲפַרפֶרֶת छंछूदर द्वारा ऊपर फेंकी मिट्टी krtičnjak vakondtúrás bukit tikus tanah moldvörpuhaugur (rialzo di terra sopra una galleria scavata da una talpa) もぐら塚 두더지가 파놓은 흙두둑 kurmiarausis kurmja rakums bukit tikus tanah molshoop moldvarphaug kretowisko montículo muşuroi de cârtiţă кротовая кочка krtinec krtina krtičnjak mullvadshög เนินดินเล็ก ๆ ที่ตัวตุ่นขุดไว้เพื่ออยู่อาศัย köstebek tepesi 鼴鼠窩, 鼴鼠丘 кротовина بل کھودنے سے بنا ہوا مٹی کا ڈھیر đất chuột chũi đùn lên 鼹鼠窝

make a mountain out of a molehill

to exaggerate the importance of a problem etc. maak 'n berg van 'n molshoop يُبالِغ، يَعْمَل من الحَبِّه قُبِّه преувеличавам dělat z komára velblouda gøre en myg til en elefant aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen πνίγομαι σε μια κουταλιά νερό hacer una montaña de un grano de arena sääsest elevanti tegema اغراق کردن tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen se faire une montagne d'un rien “רָאָה צֵל הָרִים כְּהָרִים” तिल का पहाड़ बनाना naglasiti a bolhából/szúnyogból is elefántot csinál membesar-besarkan gera úlfalda úr mÿflugu (fare di una mosca un elefante) 大げさに扱う 침소봉대하다 iš adatos vežimą priskaldyti taisīt no mušas ziloni membesar-besarkan van een mug een olifant maken gjøre en mygg til en elefant robić z igły widły exagerar a face din ţânţar armăsar делать из мухи слона robiť z komára somára delati iz muhe slona napraviti od komarca magarca göra en höna av en fjäder, förstora upp allting วิตกกังวลเกินไป pireyi deve yapmak 小題大作 робити з мухи слона بات کا بتنگڑ یا رائی کا پہاڑ بنانا việc bé xé ra to 小题大作，无意义的事

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mole → الخُلْد, حاجز الأمواج, خالٌ krtek, mateřské znaménko, špion muldvarp, skønhedsplet, spion Maulwurf, Muttermal, Spion δερματική κηλίδα, κατάσκοπος, τυφλοπόντικας lunar, topo johonkin järjestöön soluttautunut vakooja, luomi, myyrä grain de beauté, taupe krtica, madež, ubačen špijun neo, talpa スパイ, ほくろ, モグラ 검은 점, 두더지, 스파이 moedervlek, mol, spion føflekk, muldvarp kret, pieprzyk, szpieg espião, pinta, sinal, toupeira агент разведки, создавший себе легальное положение в другой стране, крот, родинка födelsemärke, mullvad ไฝ, ตัวตุ่น, ผู้แทรกซึม ben, köstebek chuột chũi, gián điệp, nốt ruồi 痣, 间谍, 鼹鼠