mold

noun

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

   “the oval mold of her face”

   “Crowned with an architrave of antique mould.”

   “This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.”

6. (US, countable, uncountable)Distinctive character or type.

   “a leader in the mold of her predecessors”

7. (US, countable, uncountable)A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.

   “His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery.”

8. (US, countable, uncountable)A group of moldings.

   “the arch mold of a porch or doorway;  the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts”

9. (US, countable, uncountable)A fontanelle.
10. (US, countable, uncountable)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.
11. (US, countable, uncountable)A fungus that creates such furry growths.
12. (US, countable, uncountable)Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
13. (UK, US, countable, dialectal, plural, uncountable)Earth, ground.
14. (US, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)The top or crown of the head.

    “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[…]”

15. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal)Acronym of Moon landing denial.
16. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal)Acronym of Moon landing denier.

verb

1. (US, transitive)To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.

   “Your hands shaped me and made me … Remember that you molded me like clay.”

2. (US, transitive)To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence

   “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.”

3. (US, transitive)To fit closely by following the contours of.
4. (US, transitive)To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
5. (US, transitive)To ornament with moldings.
6. (US, intransitive)To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

   “These shoes gradually molded to my feet.”

7. (US, transitive)To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
8. (US, intransitive)To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
9. (US)To cover with mold or soil.

name

1. A town and community in and the county town of Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2364).
2. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington, United States.
3. A surname.