molding

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of mold

Noun

• The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
• Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
• A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.
• A planing machine for making moldings.
• A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
• A mill for shaping timber.
• A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.

Origin

• From Middle English moldyng; equivalent to mold + -ing.