one who shapes, one who molds, something which gives form (also moulder)
decay, fall apart with age, crumble; cause to molder (also moulder)
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\mold"er\, moulder \mould"er\ ] (?), n. one who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings. [
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\mold"er\, moulder \mould"er\, ] v. i. [imp. & p. p. moldered (?) or mouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. moldering or mouldering.] [from mold fine soft earth: cf. prov. g. multern.] to crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away. the moldering of earth in frosts and sun. when statues molder, and when arches fall. if he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. [
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\mold"er\, moulder \mould"er\, ] v. t. to turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away. [time's] gradual touch has moldered into beauty many a tower. [
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v : break down; "the bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn: decompose, rot, moulder]
Verb
1. break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"
(synonym) decompose, rot, moulder
(hypernym) decay
(hyponym) hang
