mold
noun
- hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
- diverse group of fungi
- tool used for shaping food
verb
- to shape
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /məʊld/ / /mɔʊld/ / /moʊld/
name
- A town and community in and the county town of Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2364).
- An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington, United States.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English molde (“top of the head”), from Old English molda, molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldō, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ; exactly parallel to Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán).
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: 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 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-téh₂ (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay").
- To cover with mold or soil.