MOULD

Pronunciation (US):

• MOULD (noun)
  The noun MOULD has 4 senses:

1. loose soil rich in organic matter
2. a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
3. sculpture produced by molding
4. container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

  Familiarity information: MOULD used as a noun is uncommon.

• MOULD (verb)
  The verb MOULD has 3 senses:

1. form in clay, wax, etc
2. form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
3. make something, usually for a specific function

  Familiarity information: MOULD used as a verb is uncommon.

• MOULD (noun)

Meaning:

Loose soil rich in organic matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

mould; mold

Hypernyms ("mould" 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 "mould"):

leaf mold; leaf mould; leaf soil (soil composed mainly of decaying leaves)

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 ("mould" 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 "mould"):

water mold (parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil)

rhizopus (any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus)

mucor (any mold of the genus Mucor)

Meaning:

Sculpture produced by molding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clay sculpture; modeling; moulding; mould; molding; mold

Hypernyms ("mould" is a kind of...):

sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)

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 ("mould" 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 "mould"):

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)

• MOULD (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 "mould" 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

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 "mould" 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 "mould"):

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 "mould" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mould"):

mound (form into a rounded elevation)

hill (form into a hill)

roughcast (shape roughly)

remold; reshape (shape again or shape differently)

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