Dictionary entry details
• MOLD (noun)
Meaning:
The distinctive form in which a thing is made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
mold; stamp; cast
Context example:
pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
Hypernyms ("mold" is a kind of...):
solid (a three-dimensional shape)
Meaning:
Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cast; mold; mould
Hypernyms ("mold" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mold"):
form (a mold for setting concrete)
matrix (mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface)
pig; pig bed (mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast)
sandbox (mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal)
Meaning:
Loose soil rich in organic matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
mould; mold
Hypernyms ("mold" is a kind of...):
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mold"):
leaf mold; leaf mould; leaf soil (soil composed mainly of decaying leaves)
Meaning:
The process of becoming mildewed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
mildew; mold
Hypernyms ("mold" is a kind of...):
spoilage; spoiling (the process of becoming spoiled)
Meaning:
A fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mould; mold
Hypernyms ("mold" is a kind of...):
fungus (a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mold"):
mucor (any mold of the genus Mucor)
rhizopus (any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus)
water mold (parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil)
Meaning:
Sculpture produced by molding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
clay sculpture; modeling; moulding; mould; molding; mold
Hypernyms ("mold" is a kind of...):
sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)
• MOLD (verb)
Meaning:
Form in clay, wax, etc
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
mold; mould; model
Context example:
model a head with clay
Hypernyms (to "mold" is one way to...):
forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he mold his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Become moldy; spoil due to humidity
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
mildew; mold
Context example:
The furniture molded in the old house
Hypernyms (to "mold" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mold"):
smut (become affected with smut)
dry-rot (affect or be affected with dry rot)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
mould; mold; cast
Context example:
cast a bronze sculpture
Hypernyms (to "mold" is one way to...):
forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mold"):
press; press out (press from a plastic)
recast; remold; remould (cast again)
sand cast (pour molten metal into a mold of sand)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make something, usually for a specific function
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
shape; mould; mold; form; forge; work
Context examples:
She molded the rice balls carefully / Form cylinders from the dough / shape a figure / Work the metal into a sword
Hypernyms (to "mold" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mold"):
remold; reshape (shape again or shape differently)
roughcast (shape roughly)
hill (form into a hill)
mound (form into a rounded elevation)
sinter (cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting)
cast; mold; mould (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold)
throw (make on a potter's wheel)
coil; hand-build; handbuild (make without a potter's wheel)
sculpt; sculpture (create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material)
model; mold; mould (form in clay, wax, etc)
preform (form into a shape resembling the final, desired one)
preform (form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand)
carve (form by carving)
swage; upset (form metals with a swage)
chip (form by chipping)
layer (make or form a layer)
cut out (form and create by cutting out)
machine (turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery)
grind (shape or form by grinding)
stamp (form or cut out with a mold, form, or die)
puddle (subject to puddling or form by puddling)
beat (shape by beating)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Fit tightly, follow the contours of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The dress molds her beautiful figure
Hypernyms (to "mold" is one way to...):
adhere; cleave; cling; cohere; stick (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Shape or influence; give direction to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
shape; determine; influence; regulate; mold
Context examples:
experience often determines ability / mold public opinion
Hypernyms (to "mold" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mold"):
predetermine (determine beforehand)
pace (regulate or set the pace of)
index (adjust through indexation)
time (set the speed, duration, or execution of)
reshape (shape anew or differently)
decide (influence or determine)
carry weight (have influence to a specified degree)
miscreate (shape or form or make badly)
disincline; indispose (make unwilling)
dispose; incline (make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
