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MOLDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does molder mean? 

MOLDER (verb)
  The verb MOLDER has 1 sense:

1. break downplay

  Familiarity information: MOLDER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOLDER (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they molder  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it molders  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: moldered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: moldered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: moldering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Break down

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

decompose; molder; moulder; rot

Context example:

The bodies decomposed in the heat

Hypernyms (to "molder" is one way to...):

decay (undergo decay or decomposition)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "molder"):

biodegrade (break down naturally through the action of biological agents)

hang (suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something ----s something


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