Antonyms for mold
moʊldmold

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1. mold

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bend, bias, bow, crook, curve, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

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1. mold

   Antonyms:
   distort, strain, pervert, misshape

   Synonyms:
   fashion, shape, manipulate, form, cast, configure

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Cause
   • Change
   • Cling
   • Dessert
   • Dish
   • Fungus
   • Hallmark
   • Shape
   • Soil

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. cast, mold, mould, stampnoun

   the distinctive form in which a thing is made

   "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"

   Synonyms:
   plaster cast, seal, form, pestle, postage, legal tender, modeling, mould, revenue stamp, cast, plaster bandage, shape, roll, molding, tender, cast of characters, postage stamp, moulding, mildew, dramatis personae, stamp, hurl, clay sculpture, casting, impression

2. mold, mould, castnoun

   container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

   Synonyms:
   plaster cast, mildew, modeling, mould, form, cast, plaster bandage, shape, roll, dramatis personae, cast of characters, moulding, molding, stamp, hurl, clay sculpture, casting

3. mold, mouldnoun

   loose soil rich in organic matter

   Synonyms:
   cast, mould, modeling, stamp, moulding, clay sculpture, mildew, molding

4. mildew, mold, mouldnoun

   the process of becoming mildewed

   Synonyms:
   cast, mould, modeling, stamp, moulding, clay sculpture, mildew, molding

5. mold, mouldnoun

   a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

   Synonyms:
   cast, mould, modeling, stamp, moulding, clay sculpture, mildew, molding

6. mold, mouldnoun

   a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold

   "a lobster mold"; "a gelatin dessert made in a mold"

   Synonyms:
   cast, mould, modeling, stamp, moulding, clay sculpture, mildew, molding

7. mold, mouldnoun

   a distinctive nature, character, or type

   "a leader in the mold of her predecessors"

   Synonyms:
   cast, mould, modeling, stamp, moulding, clay sculpture, mildew, molding

8. mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculptureverb

   sculpture produced by molding

   Synonyms:
   modelling, cast, mould, modeling, stamp, border, model, moulding, clay sculpture, casting, mildew, molding

9. model, mold, mouldverb

   form in clay, wax, etc

   "model a head with clay"

   Synonyms:
   mildew, mock up, mould, pose, form, cast, work, determine, simulate, posture, sit, influence, pattern, model, regulate, forge, shape

10. mold, mildewverb

    become moldy; spoil due to humidity

    "The furniture molded in the old house"

    Synonyms:
    cast, regulate, mould, shape, influence, model, work, forge, mildew, form, determine

11. cast, mold, mouldverb

    form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

    "cast a bronze sculpture"

    Synonyms:
    influence, mildew, vagabond, barf, work, vomit up, ramble, put, cat, spue, range, be sick, wander, sick, stray, rove, honk, forge, frame, roll, regulate, chuck, puke, throw, disgorge, form, redact, mould, vomit, upchuck, model, purge, regorge, cast, shape, hurtle, cast off, shake off, throw off, swan, throw away, tramp, contrive, drop, draw, spew, hurl, regurgitate, throw up, drift, couch, project, retch, roam, shed, determine

12. shape, form, work, mold, mould, forgeverb

    make something, usually for a specific function

    "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"

    Synonyms:
    spring, knead, turn, operate, act, shape, bring, model, excogitate, imprint, work out, run, spurt, function, put to work, organize, forge, lick, take form, solve, make, regulate, determine, figure out, cast, form, fake, mould, sour, invent, play, exploit, make for, spirt, go, take shape, fashion, do work, hammer, organise, mildew, puzzle out, act upon, counterfeit, process, crop, work, ferment, influence, work on, constitute, formulate, wreak, cultivate, exercise, contrive, devise

13. moldverb

    fit tightly, follow the contours of

    "The dress molds her beautiful figure"

    Synonyms:
    cast, regulate, mould, shape, influence, model, work, forge, mildew, form, determine

14. determine, shape, mold, influence, regulateverb

    shape or influence; give direction to

    "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

    Synonyms:
    mildew, settle, baffle, square up, work, shape, fix, find, square off, forge, modulate, regulate, determine, see, find out, govern, cast, form, define, specify, mould, regularize, watch, regularise, tempt, charm, make up one's mind, decide, ascertain, influence, limit, act upon, learn, set, model, order, check

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1. fungus

   the mold was on the mushroom!

   Submitted by anonymous on October 6, 2019  

How to use mold in a sentence?

1. Rita Wilson:

   This leased house that we were living in -- there was an unfinished room downstairs where there was standing water and black mold. It was crawling up through the dry wall, like worms almost, into the air conditioning and heating ducts, and we were breathing it in for the four years. I got the fungus in my lung which can kill you.

2. Mark Kirk:

   Hines VA -- the hospital that has been overrun with cockroaches and mold and left vets waiting for care for months on secret wait lists,has reached a new low in thetreatmentof our veterans.

3. Amandla Stenberg:

   It’s a really, really hard thing to be silenced. And it’s deeply bruising to fight against your identity and to mold yourself into shapes that you just should n’t be in, as someone who identifies as a black, bisexual woman, I’ve been through it, and it’s hurts. It’s awkward and it’s uncomfortable. But then I realized because of Solange [ Knowles ], and Ava DuVerney, and Willow [ Smith ], and all the black girls watching this right now, that there’s absolutely nothing to change.

4. Abby Brokaw:

   You don't want to breathe in mold spores and bacteria. We would recommend that you wear gloves and a mask.

5. Julie Burton:

   The men and women in these roles have the power to decide and mold what the story is, who is in the story, and how the story is told.

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