| Mould 1. (v.) Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil. 2. (v.) Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material. 3. (v. t.) To cover with mold or soil. 4. (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter. 5. (v. t.) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon. 6. (v. i.) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold. 7. (n.) The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold. 8. (n.) That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or template used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason. 9. (n.) Cast; form; shape; character. 10. (n.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts. 11. (n.) A fontanel. 12. (n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand. 13. (v. t.) To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion. 14. (v. t.) To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb. 15. (v. t.) To knead; as, to mold dough or bread. 16. (v. t.) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made. 17. (a.) Alt. of Mouldy Thesaurus Entries Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae, Platonic form, Platonic idea, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, acres, adapt, adapt to, adenovirus, adjust, adjust to, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, aesthetic form, affect, agree with, algae, alluvion, alluvium, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, anatomy, animus, aptitude, arable land, archetype, architectonics, architecture, aroma, arrangement, art form, assemble, assimilate to, attribute, autophyte, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, badge, be guided by, bean, bend, bent, bias, biodegradability, biodegradation, blast, blight, block out, blood, body-build, bracken, brand, break up, breakup, breed, brown algae, bug, build, building, cachet, cancer, canker, carve, cast, casting, character, characteristic, characteristics, chime in with, chisel, clan, clay, climber, clod, coccus, color, complexion, comply, comply with, compose, composition, compound, concoct, conferva, confervoid, configuration, configure, conform, conformation, constituents, constitution, construct, construction, control, correct, correspond, corrosion, corrupt, corruption, crasis, create, creation, creeper, crumble, crumble into dust, crust, cut, decay, decompose, decomposition, degradability, degradation, denomination, description, design, designation, devise, dharma, diathesis, diatom, die, differentia, differential, dilapidation, direct, dirt, discipline, disease-producing microorganism, disintegrate, disintegration, disorganization, disposition, dissolution, distinctive feature, dry land, dry rot, dust, earmark, earth, eccentricity, echovirus, efform, elaborate, enterovirus, erect, ethos, evolve, extrude, fabric, fabricate, fabrication, fall in with, fall into decay, fall to pieces, fashion, fashioning, feather, feature, fern, fester, fiber, figuration, figure, filterable virus, fit, fix, flavor, follow, forge, forging, form, formalize, format, formation, formulate, found, frame, freehold, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fudge together, fungi, fungus, gangrene, gear to, genius, genre, genus, germ, get up, getup, glebe, go bad, go by, go to pieces, grain, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, grapevine, grassland, green algae, ground, guide, gulfweed, gust, habit, hallmark, harmonize, herb, heterophyte, hew, hue, humor, humors, humus, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, ilk, impress, impression, inclination, index, indite, individualism, influence, inner form, intaglio, ivy, kelp, keynote, kidney, kin, kind, knead, knock out, label, land, landholdings, last, lay out, layout, lead, leaning, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, lick into shape, line, lineaments |