verb
- Form in clay, wax, etc.
- usage: "model a head with clay"
- Become moldy; spoil due to humidity.
- usage: "The furniture molded in the old house"
- Form by pouring (e. G., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.
- usage: "cast a bronze sculpture"
- Make something, usually for a specific function.
- usage: "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
- Fit tightly, follow the contours of.
- usage: "The dress molds her beautiful figure"
- synonyms: mold
- Shape or influence; give direction to.
- usage: "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
adjective
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