to molder
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7.1
- verb
- /ˈmoʊldər/
- US
:
descomponerse
- And then, created a map of the Harbison property... leaving out the creek where Wood Hite's remains now moldered.
Examples
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The old wooden beams of the house began to molder after years of neglect.
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Another body moldering away in the dark would probably never be noticed.
Fiction book (2002) -
Now, we got a body moldering away upstairs.
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The world moves on, Malenkaia, and we must move on with it or be left to molder with the past.
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His bones are probably moldering in the jungle by now.
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They loved history and thought they were saving items that would have moldered in the ground.
Academic text (2009) -
A few feet away, nearly smothered by brush, an old log cabin moldered into the ground.
Fiction book (1995) -
But instead of rebirth, a prolonged dying had followed, and for the past year the corpse had moldered.
Blog text (18) -
Your cold, lifeless husk will be moldering in the ground while generations that come after you will be finishing the work that you started.
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I sat there chuckling dryly at my own wit until I remembered the letter to Frank that was moldering in my desk drawer.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
156
1.4
To decay and break down because of bacteria or mold
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4.4
To slowly fall into ruin because of age or neglect
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4.4
To change dead plants and animals into simpler parts with help from bacteria or fungi
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4.2
To slowly become weaker or fall apart because it is not cared for
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4.4
To become covered with fuzzy growth and begin to decay
To make wood or other plant material decay because of a fungus that grows in dry wood
Antonyms
How Decayed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word molder comes from the old word mold, which meant 'soft earth' and then 'to crumble' or 'decay'. So to molder is to fall apart slowly, like books or a wooden fence left in the damp until they turn into crumbly material.