## Meanings
1. To shape a soft material into a particular form.
2. A hollow container that gives shape to whatever is poured or pressed into it.
3. A particular type or character, often of a person.

## Examples
- She carefully molded the wet clay into a small bowl.
- Pour the melted chocolate into the mold and let it set.
- He is a leader very much in the mold of his old coach.

## Derived Forms
- antimold
- archmold
- brickmold
- cryomold
- demold
- earmold
- headmold
- hoodmold
- micromold
- mismold
- mold-breaking
- moldability

## Related Forms
- mildew

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mowlde
- Root: mygla
- Root: *muglōną
- Root: *mewk-

## Etymology
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.

## AI Etymology
Mold comes from Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek. In present-day English its meanings include to shape a soft material into a particular form, a hollow container that gives shape to whatever is poured or pressed into it, and a particular type or character, often of a person. The historical chain runs through mowlde (Middle English), mygla (Old Norse), *muglōną (Proto-Germanic), and *mewk- (Proto-Indo-European).

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- Describing Qualities
- Materials & Substances

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