mold

Meanings

Noun

• A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
• A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
• Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
• The shape or pattern of a mold.
• General shape or form.
• Distinctive character or type.
• A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
• A group of moldings.
• A fontanelle.
• A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
• Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
• Earth, ground.
• The top or crown of the head.

Verb

• To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
• To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
• To fit closely by following the contours of.
• To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
• To ornament with moldings.
• To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
• To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
• To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
• To cover with mold or soil.

Origin

• From Middle English molde, from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. module, and model.
• Image:Penicilliummandarijntjes.jpg|thumb|right|150 px|Penicillium mold on mandarin oranges
• From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen, from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- ("slick, soft"). More at muck and meek.
• From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō ("dirt, soil") (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰), from Proto-Indo-European (compare Old Irish moll ("bran"), Lithuanian mìltai ("flour")), from *melh₂-. More at meal.
• From Middle English molde, from Old English molda, molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldō, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ; exactly parallel to Sanskrit मूर्धन्.