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Molding

noun

1.

The act of creating something by casting it in a mold. Synonym: casting.

2.

A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing. Synonym: moulding.

3.

A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge. Synonyms: border, moulding.

4.

Sculpture produced by molding. Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, mold, mould, moulding.

5.

A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied. Synonyms: modeling, modelling, moulding.

Mold

verb

(past & past part. molded or moulded; pres. part. molding or moulding)

1.

Form in clay, wax, etc. Synonyms: model, mould.

2.

Become moldy; spoil due to humidity. Synonym: mildew.

3.

Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold. Synonyms: cast, mould.

4.

Make something, usually for a specific function. Synonyms: forge, form, mould, shape, work. "Form cylinders from the dough" , "Shape a figure" , "Work the metal into a sword"

5.

Fit tightly, follow the contours of.

6.

Shape or influence; give direction to. Synonyms: determine, influence, regulate, shape. "Mold public opinion"

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"Molding" Quotes from Famous Books

... hours had learned to make A thousand pretty, feminine knick-knacks: For brackets, ottomans, and toilet stands— Labor just suited to her dainty hands. That morning she had been at work in wax, Molding a wreath of flowers for my room,— Taking her patterns from the living blows, In all their dewy beauty and sweet bloom, Fresh from my garden. Fuchsia, tulip, rose, And trailing ivy, grew beneath her touch, Resembling the living plants as much As life is copied ...

— Maurine and Other Poems • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... institution that has been slowly growing for three centuries, molding the very life and fiber of the people, disintegrate without a violent struggle, either in its own constitution or in the life of the people trained under it. Not only the ecclesiastical but also the social and political ...

— The Social Cancer - A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal

... institutions, genealogies, and similar facts. Throughout the whole myth-making period a progression may be recognized in the character of the myths: from the earlier animal and human creators we pass to the higher anthropomorphic forms, the great gods; there is increased literary excellence, a molding and a remolding of the old crude stories, with a combination of them into well-ordered histories; they are constantly modified by the growing acquaintance with the laws of nature and by the higher intellectual conceptions of the deity; and they are more and ...

— Introduction to the History of Religions - Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV • Crawford Howell Toy

... consciousness returned, I had a vision of a baby's bottle filled with milk and beyond it, more faint, another similar bottle. It is fair to say that this outcome was entirely unexpected. Another night after watching Venus, low in the southwestern sky, I dream that I am molding a statue—strangely enough the arms as the reference is to the Venus de' Melos—and the figure is that of a ...

— The Journal of Abnormal Psychology - Volume 10

... geography was taught simply with a book and maps. Today children also use their hands in molding relief maps in sand or clay, and mountains and rivers have acquired a meaning they ...

— Power of Mental Imagery • Warren Hilton

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