Moldable

mold ¹  (mld)

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. To shape in or on a mold.

2.

a. To form into a particular shape; give shape to.

b. To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence: a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students.

3. To fit closely by following the contours of.

4. To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.

5. To ornament with moldings.

v.intr.

To be shaped in or as if in a mold: shoes that gradually molded to my feet.

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

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molda·ble adj.

molder n.

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mold ²  (mld)

n.

1. Any of various fungi that often cause disintegration of organic matter.

2. The growth of such fungi.

intr.v. mold·ed, mold·ing, molds

To become moldy.

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

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mold ³  (mld)

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.

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

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

moldable - capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" plastic, fictile elastic - capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"