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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

... note of life and thought around them, the great authors of prose and verse began to inject the new expression of feeling into what they wrote. Perhaps best reflected, as indeed it proved most potent in molding public opinion, this thought entered into the novels of Charles Dickens. These, in the development of child life as a social force, not only recorded history; they made history, and the virile pencils of Leech and Phiz and Cruikshank ...

— Library Work with Children • Alice I. Hazeltine

... greatness. Potent, and almost irresistible in every conflict with others, and only to be vanquished by his own acts, he possessed many of the higher qualities of genius. He was rapid, resolute, and daring, filled with contempt for the littleness of mankind, yet molding every atom which composed that littleness to purposes at utter variance with its nature. In defiance of the first essence of republican theory, he built himself an imperial throne on the crushed privileges of ...

— Holland - The History of the Netherlands • Thomas Colley Grattan

... most common method was still air-curing, fire was used primarily to keep the tobacco from molding in damp weather. During the War of 1812 there was a considerable shift to fire-curing owing to the demand in Europe for a smoky flavored leaf. Fire-curing not only gave tobacco a different taste, but it also improved the keeping qualities of the leaf. The fire dried the stem of the leaf ...

— Tobacco in Colonial Virginia - "The Sovereign Remedy" • Melvin Herndon

... hand makes a movement as if molding a soft substance, as clay; (b) to detect: rub the thumb across the fingers as if feeling a texture held between them. (A movement often made when following a train ...

— The Art of Stage Dancing - The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession • Ned Wayburn

... books of fiction. The newspapers have the most immediate and controlling influence over the action of men in the business and political world. To undertake to estimate with anything like exactness the part the Negro has in molding sentiment through the press and giving the consequent direction to the action of men would be a task impossible in the very nature ...

— Twentieth Century Negro Literature - Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating - to the American Negro • Various

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