Mold

What “Mold” means

Noun

1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
4. The shape or pattern of a mold.
5. General shape or form.

Verb

1. To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
2. To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
3. To fit closely by following the contours of.
4. To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
5. To ornament with moldings.

Noun

1. A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
2. A fungus that creates such furry growths.

Verb

1. To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
2. To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Old French modlebor. Middle English molde English mold From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.

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Industries where “Mold” fits

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• Industrial Mold Manufacturing