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Garter is Honi soit qui mal y pense, 'Shame on whoever thinks
ill of it'.
mould° n. 1 form, cast, matrix, die; template or templet, pattern,
form: He broke the mould to prevent the casting of a duplicate
statuette. 2 form, shape, pattern, format, structure, build,
construction, design, arrangement, organization, configuration,
kind, brand, make, line, type, stamp, cut: Was man made in the
same mould as his God, or vice versa? 3 character, nature,
stamp, type, kind, kidney, ilk, sort: Grandpa said that he
wouldn't want someone of her mould in the family.
--v. 4 shape, form, make, work, fashion, configure, sculpture
or sculpt, model, knead, construct: carve, cut: The artist
moulded the original design in clay. 5 forge, cast, stamp,
die-cast: These beads are moulded from solid gold. 6
influence, shape, form, affect, make, control, direct, guide,
lead: The speech-writer's job is to mould the language to fit
his client's ideas. The candidate is trying to mould public
opinion in his favour.
mouldý n. mildew, fungus, blight, smut: A mild solution of bleach
will clean that mould off the bathroom tiles.
mould° n. soil, earth, loam, topsoil, dirt, humus: Add some rich
mould to the house-plants periodically and they will flourish.
mouldy adj. aged, ancient, outdated, old-fashioned, antediluvian,
unused, stale, decayed, decaying, carious, mildewed, mouldering,
musty; spoilt or spoiled, rotten, rotting, putrid, putrescent,
putrefying, rancid, rank, decomposed, decomposing, mucid:
Digging about in the files, he unearthed some mouldy old plans
of the house. All the food in the fridge had gone mouldy while
they were away.
mound n. 1 hillock, rise, hummock, hill, hump, bank, elevation,
knoll, knob, swell, dune, slope, tor, Chiefly W US and Canadian
butte,: We stood on a high mound from which we could see for
miles. 2 heap, pile, stack, Archaeology tumulus, tell, barrow,
(kitchen) midden: Excavation of the mound yielded scores of
Iron Age artefacts.
mount n. 1 See mountain, 1, below.