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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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etch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Etymology 1
From Dutch etsen (“to etch”), from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), from Proto-Germanic *atjan?, causative of *etan? (“to eat”) (whence also English eat).
Verb
etch (third-person singular simple present etches, present participle etching, simple past and past participle etched)
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- To engrave a surface.
- (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
- The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
- To sketch; to delineate.
- There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
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Etymology 2
Noun
etch
- Obsolete form of eddish.
Anagrams
- Chet, Tech., chet, echt, hect-, tech
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