mole
noun
- massive structure serving as pier, breakwater, or causeway
noun
- small burrowing insectivorous mammal
- sleeper agent, type of long-term spy
noun
- abnormal mass within uterus
noun
- spiced Mexican sauce made from chili peppers and chocolate
noun
- unit of measurement of molecular amount of a substance
noun
- skin marking, nevus; visible chronic lesion
- melanocytic nevus
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /məʊl/ / /ˈmoʊleɪ/ / /ˈmoʊli/ / /mɒʊl/ / /mol/
name
Etymology: From Latin mola (“mill”), or otherwise a back-formation from Molesey (“Mul's Island”).
- A river in Surrey, England, tributary to the Thames.
- A river in Devon, England, tributary to the Taw.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Spanish mole, from Classical Nahuatl mōlli (“sauce; stew; something ground”).
- Any of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America countries, especially one that contains chocolate and is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English molle, molde, mole (“mole”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mol(h), from Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz (“mole, salamander”), from Proto-Indo-European *molg-, *molk- (“slug, salamander”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)melw- (“to grind, crush, beat”). Cognate with North Frisian mull (“mole”), Saterland Frisian Molle (“mole”), Dutch mol (“mole”), German Low German Mol, Mul, Mull (“mole”), German Molch (“salamander, newt”), Old Russian смолжь (smolžʹ, “snail”), Czech mlž (“clam”). Derivation as an abbreviation of Middle English molewarpe, a variation of moldewarpe, moldwerp (“mole”) in Middle English is unexplained and probably unlikely due to the simultaneous occurrence of both words. See mouldwarp.
- To create a network of channels in (waterlogged soil) to improve drainage.