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mould
verb UK (US mold) /məʊld/
/moʊld/ Definition
› [T] to make a soft substance a particular shape: This plastic is going to be moulded into plates. The children moulded little pots out of/from (= made them by shaping) clay.Industrial processingSculpture › [T] to try to change or influence someone: He kept trying to mould me into something he wanted me to be.Affecting and influencing › [I usually + adv/prep] to fit the body very closely: She was wearing an extremely tight costume that moulded to/round the contours of her body.Wearing clothesCloseness in distance and timeAbout to happen
(Definition of mould verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Closeness in distance and time
Synonyms and related words:
- a few/couple of steps idiom
- a hair's breadth idiom
- a stone's throw idiom
- anywhere near idiom
- approachable adjective (PLACE)
- closely adverb (NEAR)
- closeness noun (NEAR)
- come within an ace of sth idiom
- convenient adjective
- directly adverb (STRAIGHT)
- eyeball to eyeball idiom
- float around/about phrasal verb (OBJECT)
- near adjective
- near adverb, preposition
- near verb
- nearby adverb, adjective
- neighbouring adjective
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