mold

1. (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.Examples: "Not only in formal discourse, but in the ordinary walks of life, a well-modulated, expressive voice is a most valuable asset, whether one’s object be to interest, persuade or convince, to give a command or entreat a favor. The moulding of the voice into finished articulate speech is a mechanism in which the entire oral cavity, including palate, teeth, tongue and lips, take an important part. As a result of either structural defect of these organs, or, as is more often the case, as a consequence of their imperfect innervation, various logopathies may occur, which profoundly affect the social status of the unfortunate individual and seriously embarrass his way to a successful career. Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper attention and training, is something that needs to be more thoroughly impressed upon our educational bodies and sociologic reformers."; "Your hands shaped me and made me … Remember that you molded me like clay."UStransitive

2. (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influenceExamples: "It is you who must mold the minds of your students that they may be wise, farsighted, intelligent, profound in their thinking, devoted to their country and government and fruitful in their work. It is you who must sense as the example."UStransitive

3. (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.UStransitive

4. (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.UStransitive

5. (transitive) To ornament with moldings.UStransitive

6. (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.Examples: "These shoes gradually molded to my feet."USintransitive

1. (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.UStransitive

2. (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.USintransitive

1. (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.UKUScountabledialectalpluraluncountable

1. (dialectal or obsolete) The top or crown of the head.Examples: "What a while continueth the mould and crowne of our heads to beate and pant, before our braine is well ſetled[…]"; "By reaſon whereof the flaſhing of the Water, and ſharpness of the Air, did ſo pierce the Archbiſhop (being above Threeſcore and thirteen years of Age) that he complained the ſame night of a great cold, which he had then taken in the mould of his Head."; "[…]its eyes as large as a mans; and betwixt the two eyes, it hath a hole like the mould in the head of a man, by which it ſucks in and ſpouts out the Water[…]"USdialectalobsoleteuncountable