mould

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Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin modulus

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *meuk- 'slick, soft'. More at muck and meek.

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. (Britain, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold