Mold is a form or a container used to give shape to something.(noun)
An example of a mold is a container into which you pour soft Jello so it will assume the specific shape of the container.
Mold is defined as a growth of fungus that occurs on food or in a home or other moist warm conditions.(noun)
An example of mold is a fungus that has grown on bread left in a damp environment.
See mold in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME moolde < OFr molle, earlier modle < L modulus: see module
Origin: ME moul, mowlde, mold, mildew < or akin to ON mygla < IE base *meug-, *meuk-: see meek; sp. prob. infl. by mold
transitive verb, intransitive verb
Origin: < ME moulen (with unhistoric -d-
Origin: ME mold < OE molde, dust, ground, earth, akin to Goth mulda < IE base *mel-, to rub away, grind > L molere, to grind, mill
See mold in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: Middle English molde
Origin: , from Old French modle, molle
Origin: , from Latin modulus
Origin: , diminutive of modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots.
Origin: Middle English moulde
Origin: , probably from past participle of moulen, to grow moldy
Origin: , from Old Norse mygla.
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English molde; see melə- in Indo-European roots.
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