molder¹

[mohl-der]

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verb (used without object)

to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.

verb (used with object)

to cause to molder.

Also especially British, mould·er.

Origin of molder¹

1525–35; obsolete mold to crumble (v. use of mold³) + -er⁶

Related formsun·mold·ered; especially British, un·mould·ered, adjectiveun·mold·er·ing; especially British, un·mould·er·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for moldering

Contemporary Examples

Hang on to it as you drop your guard, along with any moldering grudges.
What the Stars Hold for Your Week
Starsky + Cox
July 8, 2011

Historical Examples

In the vast Turkish cemeteries there were moldering bodies innumerable.
In the Wilderness
Robert Hichens
I stepped at once into, surely, some moldering century long hidden in the dark womb of the forgotten past.
The Spell of Egypt
Robert Hichens
No moldering horror met my gaze—no blanched or decaying bones; no grinning skull mocked me with its hollow eye-sockets.
Vendetta
Marie Corelli
The thought of that coffin moved me to a stern smile—that splintered, damp, and moldering wood must speak for itself by and by.
Vendetta
Marie Corelli
A score of people might have amused themselves wandering about among the moldering tombs, as the church-yard is free to all.
Bats in the Wall
P. T. Raymond

British Dictionary definitions for moldering

molder

verb, noun

the US spelling of moulder 1

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Word Origin and History for moldering

molder

v.

also moulder, "to crumble away," 1530s, probably frequentative of mold (n.3) "loose earth." Related: Moldered; moldering.

molder

n.

also moulder, mid-15c., "one who molds or forms," agent noun from mold (v.). From late 13c. as a surname.

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Examples from the Web for moldering

Contemporary Examples

Hang on to it as you drop your guard, along with any moldering grudges.

Historical Examples

In the vast Turkish cemeteries there were moldering bodies innumerable.

I stepped at once into, surely, some moldering century long hidden in the dark womb of the forgotten past.

No moldering horror met my gaze—no blanched or decaying bones; no grinning skull mocked me with its hollow eye-sockets.

The thought of that coffin moved me to a stern smile—that splintered, damp, and moldering wood must speak for itself by and by.

A score of people might have amused themselves wandering about among the moldering tombs, as the church-yard is free to all.

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Word Origin and History for moldering

molder

v.

molder

n.

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Origin of molder¹