mould
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Etymology 1
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin modulus
Noun
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold
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Verb
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold
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Etymology 2
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *meuk- 'slick, soft'. More at muck and meek.
Noun
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold
Translations
Verb
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold