Mold is a living fungus that grows on things like old food or wet walls. It looks fuzzy and can be green, gray, or black. Mold can make things spoiled or unsafe to eat.
The bread has mold on it now.
Mold grows in wet corners of the room.
A mold is a tool or container where you pour a soft material. When it hardens, it takes the shape of the mold. People use it to make many objects like cakes or metal things.
The cake came out of the mold well.
They use a mold to make metal parts.
To mold means to shape a soft or liquid thing using a mold or by hand. This verb is used when making things like pots, toys, or food into a particular shape.
They mold the clay into pots.
She molds the plastic by heating it.
To mold someone means to change or influence their personality, ideas, or behavior over time. It is often used to talk about how people change because of experience or teaching.
Her childhood helped mold her character.
Teachers mold young minds gently.
The word mold can mean the usual style or type that something or someone has. Saying ‘break the mold’ means to be different from the usual way or pattern.
He does not fit the mold of a typical teacher.
She broke the mold with her new ideas.
A mold can be a hollow shape in a surface that helps create patterns or shapes on a soft material. It is used like a stamp to make designs in things like clay or leather.
The artist used a mold to print shapes.
They carved a mold into the soft clay.
To mold something means to press or stamp a shape or pattern onto a soft surface using a mold. This is often used in crafts or art to make decorated surfaces.
They molded a pattern into the clay.
She molded the leather to make a design.
