Tra từ mold - Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

I. mold¹ (mōld)n.
1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
4. The shape or pattern of a mold.
5. General shape or form:
the oval mold of her face.
6. Distinctive character or type:
a leader in the mold of her predecessors.
7. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form:
a method of scientific investigation that broke the mold and led to a new discovery.
8. Architecture. See molding.v. mold·ed, mold·ing, moldsv. tr.
1. To shape in or on a mold.
2.
a. To form into a particular shape; give shape to.
b. To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence:
a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students.
3. To fit closely by following the contours of.
4. To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
5. To ornament with moldings.v. intr.
To be shaped in or as if in a mold:
shoes that gradually molded to my feet. [Middle English molde, from Old French modle, molle, from Latin modulus, diminutive of modus, measure. See med- in Indo-European Roots.] moldʹa·ble adj.moldʹer n. II. mold² (mōld)n.
1. Any of various fungi that often cause disintegration of organic matter.
2. The growth of such fungi.intr.v. mold·ed, mold·ing, molds
To become moldy. [Middle English moulde, probably from past participle of moulen, to grow moldy, from Old Norse mygla.] III. mold³ (mōld)n.
1. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
2. Chiefly British.
a. The earth; the ground.
b. The earth of the grave.
3. Archaic. Earth as the substance of the human body. [Middle English, from Old English molde. See melə- in Indo-European Roots.]