plural molds
molded; molding; molds
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: to knead or work (a material, such as dough or clay) into a desired consistency or shape
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: to form in a mold
mold candles
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: to determine or influence the quality or nature of
mold public opinion
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: to give shape to
the wind molds the waves
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: to fit the contours of
fitted skirts that mold the hips
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: to ornament with molding or carving
molded picture frames
plural molds
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: a superficial often woolly growth produced especially on damp or decaying organic matter or on living organisms by a fungus (as of the order Mucorales)
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: a fungus that produces mold
plural molds
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archaic
: earth that is the substance of the human body
Be merciful, great Duke, to men of mold.—William Shakespeare
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