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A mold or mould is one of the structures that certain fungi can form. The dust-like, colored appearance of molds is due to the formation of spores containing fungal secondary metabolites. The spores are the dispersal units of the fungi. Not all fungi form molds.

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  1. mold:

    n A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.

    n A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.

    n Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.

    n The shape or pattern of a mold.

    n General shape or form.

    n Distinctive character or type.

    n A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.

    n (architecture) A group of moldings.

    n (anatomy) A fontanelle.

    v (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.

    v (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence

    v (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.

    v (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.

    v (transitive) To ornament with moldings.

    v (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

    n A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.

    n A fungus that creates such colored, furry growths.

    v (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

    v (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

    n Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

    n (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.

    v To cover with mold or soil.

    n (dialectal or obsolete) The top or crown of the head.

    n A town in and the county town of Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2364).

    n An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington, United States.

    n A surname.


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