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mould¹ (m

ld)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of mold¹.

mould² (m

ld)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of mold².

mould³ (m

ld)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of mold³.

mould¹ US, mold [məʊld]

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a shaped cavity used to give a definite form to fluid or plastic material

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a frame on which something may be constructed

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) something shaped in or made on a mould

4. shape, form, design, or pattern

5. specific nature, character, or type heroic mould

vb (tr)

1. to make in a mould

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to shape or form, as by using a mould

3. to influence or direct to mould opinion

4. to cling to the skirt moulds her figure

5. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Metallurgy to make (a material such as sand) into a mould that is used in casting

[C13 (n): changed from Old French modle, from Latin modulus a small measure, module]

mouldable US, moldable adj

mouldability US, moldability n

mould² US, mold [məʊld]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of the fungi that causes this growth

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) to become or cause to become covered with this growth Also called mildew

[dialect (Northern English) mowlde mouldy, from the past participle of moulen to become mouldy, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse mugla mould]

mould³ US, mold [məʊld]

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) loose soil, esp when rich in organic matter

2. Poetic the earth

[Old English molde; related to Old High German molta soil, Gothic mulde]

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Noun	1.	mould - loose soil rich in organic matter mold dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock leaf mold, leaf mould, leaf soil - soil composed mainly of decaying leaves
	2.	mould - the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" mold, stamp, cast solid - a three-dimensional shape
	3.	mould - the process of becoming mildewed mildew, mold spoiling, spoilage - the process of becoming spoiled
	4.	mould - a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter mold mucor - any mold of the genus Mucor rhizopus - any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus water mold - parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
	5.	mould - a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold; "a lobster mold"; "a gelatin dessert made in a mold" mold dish - 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
	6.	mould - a distinctive nature, character, or type; "a leader in the mold of her predecessors" mold hallmark, stylemark, trademark, earmark - a distinctive characteristic or attribute
	7.	mould - sculpture produced by molding clay sculpture, modeling, moulding, molding, mold sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art
	8.	mould - container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens cast, mold container - 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 surface pig bed, pig - mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast sandbox - mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
Verb	1.	mould - form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" mold, model artistic 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.	mould - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" mold, cast 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" 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
	3.	mould - 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, mold, form, forge, work carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" swage, upset - form metals with a swage chip - 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 machinery grind - 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 scratch preform - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand preform - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one mound - form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth" hill - form into a hill roughcast - shape roughly remold, reshape - shape again or shape differently sinter - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting mould, 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" hand-build, handbuild, 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"

mould¹

noun

1. cast, form, die, shape, pattern, stamp, matrix the moulds for the foundry

2. design, line, style, fashion, build, form, cut, kind, shape, structure, pattern, brand, frame, construction, stamp, format, configuration At first sight, he is not cast in the leading man mould.

3. nature, character, sort, kind, quality, type, stamp, kidney, calibre, ilk every man of heroic mould who struggles up to eminence

verb

1. shape, make, work, form, create, model, fashion, cast, stamp, construct, carve, forge, sculpt We moulded a statue out of mud.

2. influence, make, form, control, direct, affect, shape The experience has moulded her personality.

mould²

noun fungus, blight, mildew, mustiness, mouldiness jars of jam with mould on them

mould³

noun soil, earth, dirt, humus, loam If the soil is very dry or in poor condition, dig in some leaf-mould or compost before planting.

Translations

mould¹ mold (US) [məʊld] N (= fungus) → moho m; (= iron mould) → orín m

mould² mold (US) [məʊld]

A. N (Art, Culin, Tech etc) → molde m
cast in a heroic mould → de carácter heroico
to break the mould they broke the mould when they made him → rompieron el molde después de hacerlo a él

B. VT

1. (= fashion) → moldear; (= cast) → vaciar
moulded plastics → plásticos mpl moldeados

2. (fig) → formar
it is moulded on → está hecho según ...
to mould o.s. on sb → tomar a algn como ejemplo

mould³ mold (US) [məʊld] N (= soil) → mantillo m

mould [ˈməʊld] mold (US)

(= container) → moule m

(= mildew) → moisissure f

vt → mouler, modeler

[+ person, ideas, personality] → façonner

mould¹, (US) mold

(= hollow form) → (Guss)form f; (Typ also) → Mater f; (= shape, Cook) → Form f

(= jelly, blancmange) → Pudding m, → Wackelpeter m (inf)

(fig: = character, style) to be cast in or from the same/a different mould (people) → vom gleichen/von einem anderen Schlag sein, aus dem gleichen/einem anderen Holz geschnitzt sein; (novel characters) → nach demselben/einem anderen Muster geschaffen sein; the two painters/novelists etc are cast in or from the same/a different mould → die beiden Maler/Schriftsteller etc verbindet viel/wenig miteinander; to break the mould (fig) → mit der Tradition brechen; they broke the mould when they made him → er hat nicht seinesgleichen; to fit somebody/something into a mould → jdn/etw in ein Schema zwängen

(lit) (= fashion) → formen (into zu); (= cast) → gießen

(fig) character, person → formen; to mould somebody into something → etw aus jdm machen

vr to mould oneself on somebody → sich (dat) → jdn zum Vorbild nehmen; to mould oneself on an ideal → sich an einem Ideal orientieren

mould², (US) mold

n (= fungus) → Schimmel m

mould³, (US) mold

n (= soil) → Humus(boden) m, → Humuserde f

mould¹ mold (Am) [məʊld] n (fungus) → muffa

mould² mold (Am) [məʊld]

1. n (Art, Culin, Tech) → stampo, forma

2. vt (clay, figure) → plasmare, modellare (fig) (character) → plasmare, formare, foggiare

mould² mold (Am) [məʊld]

1. n (Art, Culin, Tech) → stampo, forma

2. vt (clay, figure) → plasmare, modellare (fig) (character) → plasmare, formare, foggiare

mould¹

n mould [mould]

1 (soil which is full of) rotted leaves etc. muf وَرَق شَجَر مُعَفِّن، تُراب الخُضار окапали по земята листа humus muld der Humus χώμα από σάπια φύλλα mantillo (kõdu)muld قالب گيرى multa terreau, humus תַבנִית गढ़ना humus humusz humus gróðurmold terriccio 腐植土 특히 유기질이 풍부한) 경토(耕土) puvenos trūdi; trūdzeme humus bladaarde mold czarnoziem terra vegetal pământ afânat; humus перегной humus humus buđ jord, mylla, mull แม่พิมพ์ humus, bahçivan toprağı 松軟沃土 гумус, перегній مزرعہ زمین đất tơi xốp 松软沃土

2 a growth on stale food etc This bread is covered with mould. muf عَفَن плесен plíseň mug der Schimmel μούχλα moho hallitus کپک زدن home moisissure עוֹבֶש फफूंदी, भुकड़ी plijesan penész jamur mygla muffa かび 곰팡이 pelėsiai pelējums; puve kulat schimmel mugg pleśń bolor mucegai плесень pleseň plesen buđ mögel รา küf 黴菌 цвіль, пліснява پھپھوند mốc meo 霉菌

adj mouldy

(of food etc) covered with mould mouldy cheese; The bread has gone mouldy. gemuf مُعَفِّن плесенясъл plesnivý muggen schimmelig μουχλιασμένος mohoso, enmohecido hallitanud کهنه وفاسد homeinen moisi קִבֵּל עוֹבֶש फफूंदीदार pljesniv penészes berjamur myglaður ammuffito かびのついた 곰팡내 나는 aptrauktas pelėsiais appelējis; sapelējis; pūdēts berkulat beschimmeld muggen spleśniały, zapleśniały bolorento mucegăit заплесневелый plesnivý plesniv buđav möglig ซึ่งปกคลุมด้วยรา küflü, küflenmiş 發黴的 зацвілий, запліснявілий پھپھوندی والا bị mố, lên men 发霉的

n mouldiness

muftigheid عَفَن، عُفونَه плесенясалост plesnivost muggenhed die Schimmligkeit μούχλα moho hallitanud olek کپک زدگى homeisuus moisi(ssure) עוֹבֶש फफूंदीपन, पुरानापन pljesnivoća penészesség keadaan berjamur mygla muffosità, muffa かび臭さ supelėjimas pelējums; appelējums berkulat beschimmeling det som er muggent spleśnienie bolor mucegăială заплесневелость plesnivosť plesnivost buđavost möglighet, mögel กาีรมีลักษณะเป็นรา küflülük, küflenme 發黴 запліснявілість قابل زریاعت، پھپھوند لگنے کی صفت sự lên men, sự mốc 发霉

mould²

n mould [məuld]

1 a shape into which a substance in liquid form is poured so that it may take on that shape when it cools and hardens a jelly mould. vorm قالَب форма forma form; -form die Form καλούπι molde (valu-, toidu- jne.) vorm قالب گيرى muotti, vuoka moule לְעַצֵב oblik öntőminta acuan, cetakan (kue, peluru dsb.) mót, form forma, stampo 型 (주물 등의) 주형(鑄型) forma, formelė forma, veidne acuan vorm form forma forma formă, tipar форма, формочка forma model kalup form แม่พิมพ์ kalıp 模子 форма سانچا khuôn 模子

2 something, especially a food, formed in a mould. vormvoedsel مادَّه مصبوبَه في قالَب пудинг pudink, želé apod. støbning die Form φαγητό βγαλμένο από φόρμα pastel vormiroog شکل دادن vuokaruoka gâteau לַעֲשוֹת צוּרָה שֶׁל सांचा odljev formában készült étel adonan e-ð matreitt í móti sformato, budino 型で作られたもの 틀에 부어 만든 것 formoje pagamintas valgis, liejinys formā gatavots ēdiens u.tml. adunan vorm støpning; pudding, gelé, kabaret odlew comida prăjitură; ceva (mai ales mâncare) turnat într-o formă что-л., приготовленное в форме puding, želé ap. kolač kalup pudding, aladåb ลักษณะเฉพาะ kalıp, şekil 模製品 виливок قالب میں بنایا گیا طعام đường gờ, đường chỉ 模制品

1 to form in a mould The metal is moulded into long bars. vorm, giet يوضَع في قالَب моделирам odlít forme gießen καλουπώνω moldear vormi valama شکل دادن valaa muottiin mouler לְעֲצֵב בְּתָבנִית सांचा बनाना lijevati formába önt mencetak móta modellare 型で作る 주조하다 lieti (formoje) liet formā membentuk vormen, gieten (form)støpe odlewać moldar a turna отливать в форме odliať oblikovati ukalupiti gjuta, stöpa หล่อ kalıba dökmek 澆鑄 відливати у форму; формувати سانچے میں ڈھالنا đúc 浇铸

2 to work into a shape He moulded the clay into a ball. vorm يُشَكِّل، يَصوغ оформям modelovat forme formen (δια)πλάθω modelar vormima قالب گرفتن muovailla modeler לְעֲצֵב सांचा में काम करना oblikovati (meg)mintáz, formáz membentuk móta, forma modellare 形作る (...로) ...을 만들다 suteikti formą, formuoti veidot membentuk vormen kna, modellere, forme ukształtować, wymodelować moldar a modela формовать modelovať oblikovati ukalupiti forma, modellera หล่อแบบ şekil vermek 用模子做 формувати کسی شکل میں ڈھالنا nặn 用模子做

3 to make the shape of (something) She moulded the figure out of/in clay. vorm, maak يُشَكِّل придавам форма ztvárnit forme formen διαμορφώνω, σχηματοποιώ modelar vormima شکل دادن muovailla façonner לְעֲצֵב सांचा ढालना modelirati megmintáz membentuk móta modellare ～の形を作る ...을 만들다 lipdyti []veidot membentuk vormen modellere kształtować, wymodelować moldar a modela лепить stvárniť oblikovati izliti forma, modellera ปั้น şeklini vermek 塑造 створювати کسی چیز کو شکل دینا nặn 用模子做

mould → عفن, قالب forma, plíseň form, mug Form, Schimmel καλούπι, μούχλα moho, molde homesieni, muotti moisissure, moule kalup, plijesan forma, muffa カビ, 型 곰팡이, 주형 schimmel, vorm form, mugg odlew, pleśń bolor, mofo, molde плесень, форма form, mögel แม่พิมพิ์, รา kalıp, küf khuôn, mốc 模具, 霉

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