A Quick and Simple Dictionary

mold

1. Noun.  A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.^W.
2. Noun.  A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
3. Noun.  Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
4. Noun.  The shape or pattern of a mold.
5. Noun.  General shape or form.
6. Noun.  Distinctive character or type.
7. Noun.  A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
8. Noun.  (architecture) See molding.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To shape in or on a mold.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, ''a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students''.
12. Verb.  (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
13. Verb.  (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
14. Verb.  (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
15. Verb.  (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
16. Noun.  A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
17. Noun.  Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.