unmould
English
Alternative forms
- unmold
Etymology
un- + mould
Verb
unmould (third-person singular simple present unmoulds, present participle unmoulding, simple past and past participle unmoulded)
- (transitive) To remove from a mould.
- 2009, Sylvia Tan, Taste: Healthy, Hearty Asian Recipes (page 41)
- I used a small glass bowl that I filled to the brim, an important point for you do not want the concoction to fall apart when you unmould it.
- 2009, Sylvia Tan, Taste: Healthy, Hearty Asian Recipes (page 41)
- (transitive) To change the form of; to reduce from any form.
- Milton
- Unmoulding reason's mintage.
- Milton
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unmould in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)