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mould
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /mo?ld/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Etymology 1
Via Middle English molde, moulde and Old French molde, from Latin modulus.
Noun
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“hollow form or matrix”)
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Verb
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“to shape in a mould”)
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Etymology 2
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *mugl?n?, 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.
Noun
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”)
Translations
Verb
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”)
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Etymology 3
From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic ???????????????????? (mulda).
Noun
mould (plural moulds)
- loose soil, esp when rich in organic matter
- (poetic) the earth
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designation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French designation, from Latin designatio.Morphologically designate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?z???ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
designation (countable and uncountable, plural designations)
- An act or instance of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
- Selection and appointment for a purpose or office; allotment; direction.
- That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
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Further reading
- designation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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