to mold
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4.4
- verb
- /moʊld/
- US
:
enmohecerse
- If bread is left in a damp place, it will mold quickly.
- start to mold
- corn starts to mold
Examples
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They rot, they mold, they smell.
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Your home may not sparkle, but it's not threatening to mold.
Blog text (3) -
After just four days, the garage was beginning to mold.
Blog text (25) -
It's starting to mold for Pete's sake.
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Elder Van Pelt, your bread is starting to mold.
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Soft corn was easier to grind and had a sweeter flavor, but it molded easily.
Fiction book (1995) -
The dishes piled in the sink behind him were starting to mold over, and overturned cans of Campbell's cream of chicken soup were scattered all over the countertop.
Fiction book (1994) -
After several days of rain, the fallen leaves began to mold on the ground.
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The fruit in the basket started to mold because it was kept in a humid kitchen.
Synonyms
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To decay and break down because of bacteria or mold
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7.1
To rot slowly because of moisture or neglect
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5.9
To get a thin white fungus on something because it is damp
To make wood or other plant material decay because of a fungus that grows in dry wood
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 Moldy
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5.8
156
1.4
30
1.6
- US
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4.4
2
5.9
146
5.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb mold meaning to become covered with fungus comes from the noun mold for that fungus, so when food or papers 'mold' they grow that fuzzy life on their surface.