MOULD

vt to cover with mold or soil.

2. mould ·noun cast; form; shape; character.

3. mould ·noun a fontanel.

4. mould ·- ·alt. of mouldy.

5. mould ·vt to cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

6. mould ·vt to knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

7. mould ·vt to form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.

8. mould ·vi to become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

9. mould ·vt to ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

10. mould ·v earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

11. mould ·noun a frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

12. mould ·vt to form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

13. mould ·v crumbling, soft, friable earth; ·esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

14. mould ·noun a growth of minute fungi of various kinds, ·esp. those of the great groups hyphomycetes, and physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

15. mould ·noun 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.

xvi. mould ·noun 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.

xvii. mould ·noun 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 templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.