mold
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6.5
- noun
- /moʊld/
- US
:
molde
- There is some debate about the degree to which James Dean fits the mold of a Method actor.
- fit the mold
- break the mold
- the same mold
What is the basic kind of mold for an SF guy?
- What is the basic kind of mold for an SF guy?
- That to me, that's the mold in the making of real champions, right?
- I hate, I hate being a part of a mould that the world created for me.
- But, you know, you set, you set yourself in that mould.
- I hate, I hate being a part of a mold that the world created for me.
- Hey, all the shooting stars break the mold.
- There are no model doctors or model artists and no standard scientists, no mold of a college president.
- And so they don't, they don't learn to break free from the mould.
- And I kind of was breaking a little bit of a mold there.
- You don't have to change who you are or try to fit yourself into whatever mold you're told that you have to fit in.
Examples
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By casting Robert Downey Jr., they were intent on breaking the tradition and mold of these types of movies.
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But Frances didn't exactly fit the mold they had in mind.
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I hate, I hate being a part of a mold that the world created for me.
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You know, when they made me they broke the mold.
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They broke the mold when they made you.
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Like Baker, Feldman fits the mold of what this team is looking for perfectly.
Blog text (3) -
As one administrator noted, the I-BEST population does not fit the typical community college student mold.
Academic text (2011) -
You don't have to change who you are or try to fit yourself into whatever mold you're told that you have to fit in.
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And I think that was the first time it really dawned on me that I probably don't fit into the mold that they were looking for.
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She always felt pressured to fit into a specific mold created by society's expectations.
Synonyms
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2.3
The qualities that make a person, place, or thing special
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4.4
A particular type showing the origin or usual quality of something
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5.3
The shape and look of a person's face
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A disease that makes a bluish-grey growth on the lower side of tobacco leaves and damages the plants
- Specialized
A slime mold that keeps its cells separate during its life cycle and does not form a single mass
- Specialized
A small ledge above a window or doorway that directs rain away from the wall
- Specialized
One large soft mass of living material that moves and is not divided into separate cells
- Specialized
A soft organism that becomes one large cell with many nuclei and moves slowly
- Specialized
An algorithm inspired by the slime mold that finds efficient routes in networks
- Specialized
A soft mass of many cells that moves like an amoeba and feeds on decaying plants
- Specialized
A small living thing like a fungus that lives in fresh water and can harm plants or animals
How Typical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mold meaning a style or type comes from the idea of a shape or form, just like a cooking mold, so someone 'in the mold of' another is made in the same 'form' or has the same character.