Collins English-English Dictionary

mould [məυld]

1. 1. n a shaped cavity used to give a definite form to fluid or plastic material

2. 2. n a frame on which something may be constructed

3. 3. n something shaped in or made on a mould

4. 4. n shape, form, design, or pattern

5. 5. n specific nature, character, or type

   heroic mould

6. 6. vt. [tr] to make in a mould

7. 7. vt. to shape or form, as by using a mould

8. 8. vt. to influence or direct

   to mould opinion

9. 9. vt. to cling to

   the skirt moulds her figure

10. 10. vt. [metallurgy] to make (a material such as sand) into a mould that is used in casting

11. 11. vt. [Etymology] C13 (n): changed from Old French modle, from Latin modulus a small measure, module

mould [məυld]

1. 1. vb to become or cause to become covered with this growth mildew

2. 2. n a coating or discoloration caused by various saprotrophic fungi that develop in a damp atmosphere on the surface of stored food, fabrics, wallpaper, etc

3. 3. n any of the fungi that causes this growth

4. 4. vb [Etymology] C15: dialect (Northern English) mowlde mouldy, from the past participle of moulen to become mouldy, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse mugla mould

mould [məυld]

1. 1. n loose soil, esp when rich in organic matter

2. 2. n [poetic] the earth

3. 3. n [Etymology] Old English molde; related to Old High German molta soil, Gothic mulde