Malleate vs Mold - What's the difference?
malleate | mold |
(zoology) Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
* 2009 , James H. Thorp & Alan P. Covich (eds.), Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates , 3rd ed., page 181
(malacology, of a shell) Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
* 1919', Henry Augustus Pilsbry, "A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo", ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' ' 40 : 313
(rare) To beat into shape with a hammer.
* 1878 , James Milleson, The Embryonic System of Nature , page 12
A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
The shape or pattern of a mold.
General shape or form.
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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Crowned with an architrave of antique mould .
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold , like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
Distinctive character or type.
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A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
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(lb) A group of moldings.
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(lb) A fontanelle.
To shape in or on a mold.
To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
* Job 10:8-9, Old Testament , New International Version:
To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students
To fit closely by following the contours of.
To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
To ornament with moldings.
To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
(senseid)A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
As verbs the difference between malleate and mold
is that malleate is (rare) to beat into shape with a hammer while mold is to shape in or on a mold or mold can be to cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon or mold can be to cover with mold or soil.As an adjective malleate
is (zoology) possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.As a noun mold is
a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance or mold can be (senseid)a natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air or mold can be loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.malleate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Malleate trophi are present in such common rotifers as Brachionus'', ''Keratella'', and ''Lecane .
- The spire has stronger rib-striæ than C. bequaert i; last whorl finely and closely malleate , with several weak spiral threads.
Verb
(malleat)- Man is a mechanic, and works beautiful forms out of natural organisms. He cuts, bores, malleates , melts, casts in matrices, and spins, various articles.
See also
* forge * hammerExternal links
* * * ----mold
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(wikipedia mold)Alternative forms
* mould (Commonwealth spelling)Etymology 1
Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) modulusNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* break the mold * (archaeology) post mold * (paleontology) fossil moldVerb
(en verb)- Your hands shaped me and made me....Remember that you molded me like clay.
- These shoes gradually molded to my feet.