Mold

Noun

 * 1) A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.W
 * 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.
 * 6) Distinctive character or type.
 * 7) A fixed or restrictive pattern or form
 * 8)  See molding.
 * 9) A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.

Derived terms

 * post mold
 * fossil mold

Verb

 * 1)  To shape in or on a mold.
 * 2)  To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
 * 3)  To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence.
 * 4)  To fit closely by following the contours of.
 * 5)  To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
 * 6)  To ornament with moldings.
 * 7)  To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

Noun

 * 1) Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

Adjectives for Mold
inflexible; heroic; delicate; vulgar; primitive; ethereal; determined; giant; virtuous;rude; splendid; human; precision; wintry; gentle; beauteous; hollowed; arbitrary; muscular; different; dark; fresh; mossy; earthly; decaying; mortal; massive.

Thesaurus
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Pronunciation
mŏld, mōld