mould

mould is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as verb, transitive verb, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 28 senses

Definitions

1. verb. Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
2. verb. Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.
3. transitive verb. To cover with mold or soil.
4. 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.
5. transitive verb. To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
6. intransitive verb. To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. noun. Cast; form; shape; character.
10. 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.
11. noun. A fontanel.
12. noun. A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.
13. transitive verb. To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.
14. transitive verb. To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.
15. transitive verb. To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.
16. transitive verb. To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.
17. Alt. of Mouldy
18. noun. container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

    Synonyms: cast, mold

19. noun. sculpture produced by molding

    Synonyms: modeling, mold, molding, moulding

20. noun. a distinctive nature, character, or type

    "a leader in the mold of her predecessors"

    Synonyms: mold

21. noun. a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold

    "a lobster mold"

    "a gelatin dessert made in a mold"

    Synonyms: mold

22. noun. a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

    Synonyms: mold

23. noun. the process of becoming mildewed

    Synonyms: mildew, mold

24. noun. the distinctive form in which a thing is made

    "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"

    Synonyms: cast, mold, stamp

25. noun. loose soil rich in organic matter

    Synonyms: mold

26. verb. make something, usually for a specific function

    "She molded the rice balls carefully"

    "Form cylinders from the dough"

    Synonyms: forge, form, mold, shape, work

27. verb. form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

    "cast a bronze sculpture"

    Synonyms: cast, mold

28. verb. form in clay, wax, etc

    "model a head with clay"

    Synonyms: model, mold

Synonyms

cast, mold, modeling, molding, moulding, mildew, stamp, forge, form, shape, work, model

Common word forms

moulds, moulded, moulder, moulding, mouldable

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