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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A fixed or restrictive pattern or form
  • A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
  • A W
  • 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.
  • architecture See moulding.
  • Distinctive character or type.
  • General shape or form.
  • Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
  • Something that is made in or shaped on a mould.
  • The shape or pattern of a mould.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To be shaped in or as if in a mould.
  • transitive To fit closely by following the contours of.
  • transitive To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
  • transitive To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, ''a teacher who helps to mould the minds of his students''
  • transitive To make a mould of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
  • transitive To ornament with mouldings.
  • transitive To shape in or on a mould.

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