Tra từ mould - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mould [mould moulds moulded moulding] (especially US mold)noun, verb BrE [məʊld] NAmE [moʊld]
noun
1. countable a container that you pour a liquid or soft substance into, which then becomes solid in the same shape as the container, for example when it is cooled or cooked
•A clay mould is used for casting bronze statues.
•Pour the chocolate into a heart-shaped mould.
•They broke the mould when they made you (= there is nobody like you).
2. countable, usually singular a particular style showing the characteristics, attitudes or behaviour that are typical of sb/sth
•a hero in the ‘Superman’ mould
•He is cast in a different mould from his predecessor.
•She doesn't fit (into) the traditional mould of an academic.
•She is a prolific writer in the same mould as Agatha Christie.
3. uncountable, countable a fine soft green, grey or black substance like fur that grows on old food or on objects that are left in warm wet air
•There's mould on the cheese.
•moulds and fungi
•mould growth
•The room smelled damp and there was mould on one wall.
see also ↑leaf mould

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and v. Middle English Old French modle Latin modulus ‘measure’ modus n. sense 3 late Middle English mould moul ‘grow mouldy’ Scandinavian Old Norse mygla ‘grow mouldy’

Example Bank:
•Fill the prepared moulds with ice cream.
•He doesn't fit into the usual mould of bosses.
•His brother came from a different mould, being a successful lawyer.
•Leave the clay in the mould overnight.
•She is clearly from a different mould from her team mate.
•The biscuits were covered in green mould.
•The statues were cast in clay moulds.
•a mould for a bronze statue
•a young politician in the mould of the great statesmen of the past
•houses with mould problems
•trying to break free of the old mould
Idiom: ↑break the mould

verb
1. transitive to shape a soft substance into a particular form or object by pressing it or by putting it into a ↑mould
•~ A (into B) First, mould the clay into the desired shape.
•~ B (from/out of/in A) The figure had been moulded in clay.
2. transitive to strongly influence the way sb's character, opinions, etc. develop
•~ sb/sth The experience had moulded and coloured her whole life.
•~ sb/sth into sb/sth He moulded them into a superb team.
3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to sth to fit or make sth fit tightly around the shape of sth
•The fabric moulds to the body.
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Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and v. Middle English Old French modle Latin modulus ‘measure’ modus n. sense 3 late Middle English mould moul ‘grow mouldy’ Scandinavian Old Norse mygla ‘grow mouldy’

See also: ↑mold