Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of mold.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word molded.

Examples

  • The whip is highly detailed and molded from a semi-rigid material, a great choice, given the skinny parts that would be easily breakable if it were cast from polystone like the rest of the piece.

    Collectible Review: Jean Grey as Black Queen Comiquette | Fandomania 2009

  • Comprising three identical panels, injection-molded from a recycled wood plastic composite, the perch is not only cost-effective to produce but also helps in sustaining the environment.

    Awesome Idea for Public Spaces : Kajen Public Bench 2010

  • The thoroughly original Nova debuted in 1999, utilizing an entirely new type of construction-a receiver and stock molded from a single piece of polymer around a steel "cage."

    Cheap Shots 2008

  • The thoroughly original Nova debuted in 1999, utilizing an entirely new type of construction-a receiver and stock molded from a single piece of polymer around a steel "cage."

    Cheap Shots 2008

  • A pulverized mountain molded around a metallic skeleton bobbing about for solid ground in tenuous terrain.

    Heavy Load-Exerting Concrete Body and Other Structural Near-Analogues 2008

  • One world borne of moral law and lies, framed in the guise of reality and molded from the certainty of solitude.

    Don't be afraid...all I vant to do...is write about vampires? deep_bluze 2005

  • His body sprung molded from the cantle, his careless shoulders came to attention, and as the pony curvetted riotously, the rider's head, rising like a monitor straight from his slender neck, invited his horse to show its paces.

    Laramie Holds the Range 1898

  • That interest manifests itself in dresses that draw from the exaggerated hips of the 18th century, and in garments with torsos crafted to look like a woman's chest, a riff on the idea of molded armor.

    Alexander McQueen at the Met 2011

  • He looked like a country-club tennis pro — the deep tan; the strong, lean legs; the white teeth; the expression molded by countless hours of reassuring socialites that their backhands were improving.

    The Last Squash Tennis Player 2002

  • He looked like a country-club tennis pro — the deep tan; the strong, lean legs; the white teeth; the expression molded by countless hours of reassuring socialites that their backhands were improving.

    The Last Squash Tennis Player 2002

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.