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mold
Overview of noun mold
The noun mold has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) cast, mold, stamp -- (the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region")
2. (1) mold, mould, cast -- (container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens)
3. mold, mould -- (loose soil rich in organic matter)
4. mildew, mold -- (the process of becoming mildewed)
5. mold, mould -- (a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter)
6. mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture -- (sculpture produced by molding)
Overview of verb mold
The verb mold has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) model, mold, mould -- (form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay")
2. (1) mold, mildew -- (become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house")
3. cast, mold, mould -- (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture")
4. shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge -- (make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword")
5. mold -- (fit tightly, follow the contours of; "The dress molds her beautiful figure")
6. determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate -- (shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mold
6 senses of mold
Sense 1
cast, mold, stamp
=> solid
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
mold, mould, cast
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
mold, mould
=> soil, dirt
=> earth, ground
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
mildew, mold
=> spoilage, spoiling
=> decay
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
mold, mould
=> fungus
=> plant, flora, plant life
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
=> sculpture
=> plastic art
=> art, fine art
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> solid figure, three-dimensional figure
=> figure
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun mold
3 of 6 senses of mold
Sense 2
mold, mould, cast
=> form
=> matrix
=> pig bed, pig
=> sandbox
Sense 3
mold, mould
=> leaf mold, leaf mould, leaf soil
Sense 5
mold, mould
=> mucor
=> rhizopus
=> water mold
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mold
6 senses of mold
Sense 1
cast, mold, stamp
=> solid
Sense 2
mold, mould, cast
=> container
Sense 3
mold, mould
=> soil, dirt
Sense 4
mildew, mold
=> spoilage, spoiling
Sense 5
mold, mould
=> fungus
Sense 6
mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
=> sculpture
Antonyms of noun mold
Member Holonyms of noun mold
Substance Holonyms of noun mold
Part Holonyms of noun mold
Member Meronyms of noun mold
Substance Meronyms of noun mold
Part Meronyms of noun mold
Meronyms of noun mold
Holonyms of noun mold
Attributes of noun mold
Derived Forms of noun mold
5 of 6 senses of mold
Sense 1
cast, mold, stamp
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#4
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#3
=> cast, mold, mould
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#1
=> model, mold, mould
Sense 2
mold, mould, cast
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#3
=> cast, mold, mould
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#1
=> model, mold, mould
Sense 4
mildew, mold
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#2
=> mold, mildew
Sense 5
mold, mould
RELATED TO>(adj) moldy#1
=> moldy, mouldy, musty
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#2
=> mold, mildew
Sense 6
mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#3
=> cast, mold, mould
RELATED TO>(verb) mold#1
=> model, mold, mould
Domain of noun mold
Domain Terms of noun mold
Familiarity of noun mold
mold used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun mold
6 senses of mold
Sense 1
cast, mold, stamp
> solid
=> convex shape, convexity
=> concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
=> cylinder
=> polyhedron
=> toroid
=> cast, mold, stamp
=> block, cube
=> ovoid
=> frustum
Sense 2
mold, mould, cast
> container
=> bag
=> bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
=> basket, handbasket
=> bin
=> bowl, pipe bowl
=> box
=> bread-bin, breadbox
=> bunker
=> can, tin, tin can
=> canister, cannister, tin
=> capsule
=> cargo container
=> case
=> case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> cassette
=> cup
=> cylinder
=> dice cup, dice box
=> dish
=> dispenser
=> drawer
=> Dumpster
=> empty
=> envelope
=> glass, drinking glass
=> grab bag
=> magnetic bottle
=> mailer
=> manger, trough
=> mold, mould, cast
=> package, parcel
=> pan
=> pod, fuel pod
=> pot, flowerpot
=> powder horn, powder flask
=> receptacle
=> reliquary
=> saltcellar
=> savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank
=> scuttle, coal scuttle
=> shaker
=> spoon
=> storage ring
=> thimble
=> time capsule
=> vessel
=> wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file
=> watering can, watering pot
=> wheeled vehicle
=> workbasket, workbox, workbag
Sense 3
mold, mould
> soil, dirt
=> marl
=> regosol
=> residual soil, residual clay
=> topsoil, surface soil
=> subsoil, undersoil
=> alluvial soil
=> bog soil
=> clay
=> clunch
=> desert soil, desertic soil
=> caliche, hardpan
=> fuller's earth
=> gilgai soil
=> gumbo, gumbo soil
=> humus
=> indurated clay
=> Indian red
=> laterite
=> loam
=> loess
=> mold, mould
=> mud, clay
=> bole
=> podzol, podzol soil, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil
=> prairie soil
=> sand
=> sedimentary clay
=> silt
=> till, boulder clay
=> tundra soil
=> wiesenboden
Sense 4
mildew, mold
> spoilage, spoiling
=> mildew, mold
=> souring
Sense 5
mold, mould
> fungus
=> Dutch elm fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi
=> ergot, Claviceps purpurea
=> black root rot fungus, Xylaria mali
=> dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, Xylaria polymorpha
=> sclerotinia
=> earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball
=> stalked puffball
=> false truffle
=> slime mold, slime mould
=> pond-scum parasite
=> potato wart fungus, Synchytrium endobioticum
=> white fungus, Saprolegnia ferax
=> white rust
=> pythium
=> Phytophthora citrophthora
=> Phytophthora infestans
=> clubroot fungus, Plasmodiophora brassicae
=> truffle, earthnut, earth-ball
=> coral fungus
=> tooth fungus
=> lichen
=> true fungus
=> basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi
=> shiitake, shiitake mushroom, Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Oriental black mushroom, Lentinus edodes
=> scaly lentinus, Lentinus lepideus
=> pink disease fungus, Corticium salmonicolor
=> bottom rot fungus, Corticium solani
=> potato fungus, Pellicularia filamentosa, Rhizoctinia solani
=> coffee fungus, Pellicularia koleroga
=> Volvaria bombycina
=> sac fungus
=> ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus
=> yeast
=> Aspergillus fumigatus
=> brown root rot fungus, Thielavia basicola
=> Wynnea americana
=> Wynnea sparassoides
=> false morel
=> lorchel
=> gyromitra
=> gasteromycete, gastromycete
=> stinkhorn, carrion fungus
=> puffball, true puffball
=> earthstar
=> Radiigera fuscogleba
=> bird's-nest fungus
=> Gastrocybe lateritia
=> Macowanites americanus
=> Gastroboletus scabrosus
=> Gastroboletus turbinatus
=> hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa
=> agaric, Fomes igniarius
=> bolete
=> jelly fungus
=> rust, rust fungus
=> smut, smut fungus
=> felt fungus, Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum
=> mold, mould
=> mildew
=> verticillium
=> monilia
=> candida
=> blastomycete
=> yellow spot fungus, Cercospora kopkei
=> green smut fungus, Ustilaginoidea virens
=> dry rot
=> rhizoctinia
=> earthtongue, earth-tongue
Sense 6
mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
> sculpture
=> bronze
=> bust
=> carving
=> marble
=> mobile
=> mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
=> relief, relievo, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief
=> stabile
=> statue
Meronyms of noun mold
6 senses of mold
Sense 2
mold, mould, cast
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
mold, mould
=> fungus
HAS PART: cap, pileus
HAS PART: volva
HAS PART: hymenium
HAS PART: mycelium
HAS PART: hypha
=> plant, flora, plant life
HAS PART: plant part, plant structure
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 6
mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
=> sculpture
=> plastic art
=> art, fine art
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun mold
Grep of noun mold
acellular slime mold
blue mold fungus
bread mold
cellular slime mold
drip mold
hoodmold
iron mold
leaf mold
mold
moldavia
moldboard
moldboard plow
molded salad
moldiness
molding
moldova
moldovan monetary unit
plasmodial slime mold
potato mold
slime mold
true slime mold
water mold
Antonyms of verb mold
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mold
6 senses of mold
Sense 1
model, mold, mould
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 2
mold, mildew
=> change
Sense 3
cast, mold, mould
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 4
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 5
mold
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 6
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> cause, do, make
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb mold
4 of 6 senses of mold
Sense 2
mold, mildew
=> smut
=> dry-rot
Sense 3
cast, mold, mould
=> press, press out
=> recast, remold, remould
=> sand cast
Sense 4
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> carve
=> swage, upset
=> chip
=> layer
=> cut out
=> machine
=> grind
=> stamp
=> puddle
=> beat
=> preform
=> preform
=> mound
=> hill
=> roughcast
=> reshape, remold
=> sinter
=> cast, mold, mould
=> throw
=> handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> sculpt, sculpture
=> model, mold, mould
Sense 6
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> dispose, incline
=> indispose, disincline
=> miscreate
=> carry weight
=> decide
=> reshape
=> time
=> index
=> pace
=> predetermine
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mold
6 senses of mold
Sense 1
model, mold, mould
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Sense 2
mold, mildew
=> change
Sense 3
cast, mold, mould
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Sense 4
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sense 5
mold
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
Sense 6
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> cause, do, make
'Cause To' of verb mold
Derived Forms of verb mold
4 of 6 senses of mold
Sense 1
model, mold, mould
RELATED TO>(adj) moldable#1
=> fictile, moldable, plastic
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#6
=> mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#2
=> mold, mould, cast
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#1
=> cast, mold, stamp
RELATED TO>(noun) molding#1
=> molding, casting
RELATED TO>(noun) molding#5
=> modeling, modelling, molding, moulding
Sense 2
mold, mildew
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#5
=> mold, mould
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#4
=> mildew, mold
Sense 3
cast, mold, mould
RELATED TO>(adj) moldable#1
=> fictile, moldable, plastic
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#6
=> mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#2
=> mold, mould, cast
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#1
=> cast, mold, stamp
RELATED TO>(noun) molding#4
=> mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture
RELATED TO>(noun) molding#1
=> molding, casting
Sense 4
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
RELATED TO>(noun) mold#1
=> cast, mold, stamp
Domain of verb mold
1 of 6 senses of mold
Sense 1
model, mold, mould
TOPIC>(noun) art#2, artistic creation#1, artistic production#1
Domain Terms of verb mold
Familiarity of verb mold
mold used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb mold
6 senses of mold
Sense 1
model, mold, mould
EX: Did he mold his major works over a short period of time?
Sense 2
mold, mildew
*> Something ----s
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
cast, mold, mould
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 5
mold
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb mold
6 senses of mold
Sense 1
model, mold, mould
> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> carve
=> swage, upset
=> chip
=> layer
=> cut out
=> machine
=> grind
=> stamp
=> puddle
=> beat
=> preform
=> preform
=> mound
=> hill
=> roughcast
=> reshape, remold
=> sinter
=> cast, mold, mould
=> throw
=> handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> sculpt, sculpture
=> model, mold, mould
Sense 2
mold, mildew
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 3
cast, mold, mould
> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> carve
=> swage, upset
=> chip
=> layer
=> cut out
=> machine
=> grind
=> stamp
=> puddle
=> beat
=> preform
=> preform
=> mound
=> hill
=> roughcast
=> reshape, remold
=> sinter
=> cast, mold, mould
=> throw
=> handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> sculpt, sculpture
=> model, mold, mould
Sense 4
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> reform
=> formulate
=> mint, coin, strike
=> spin
=> make
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> dip
=> bake
=> brew
=> cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
=> cook
=> knit
=> crochet
=> knot
=> weave, tissue
=> tat, intertwine
=> make
Sense 5
mold
> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> mold
=> conglutinate
=> agglutinate
Sense 6
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
> cause, do, make
=> determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> initiate, pioneer
=> effect, effectuate, set up
=> make
=> occasion
=> provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
=> engender, breed, spawn
=> motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
=> impel, force
=> facilitate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb mold
Sense 1
model, mold, mould
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
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Sense 2
mold, mildew
=> change
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Sense 3
cast, mold, mould
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
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Sense 4
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
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Sense 5
mold
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
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Sense 6
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> cause, do, make
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Grep of verb mold
mold
molder
remold
Grep of adj mold
moldable
molded
moldovan
moldy
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