mold

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To shape a soft material into a particular form.

   She carefully molded the wet clay into a small bowl.

2. 2
   noun

   A hollow container that gives shape to whatever is poured or pressed into it.

   Pour the melted chocolate into the mold and let it set.

3. 3
   noun

   A particular type or character, often of a person.

   He is a leader very much in the mold of his old coach.

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.

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