The meaning of Moulding

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

Usage examples:

The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

Usage examples:

As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

noun

Emotion or desire as influencing behaviour.

Usage examples:

By triggering affect and emotion, intolerant behaviors are set in motion.

verb

Cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface.

Usage examples:

The moon cast a pale light over the cottages

noun

Throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line) out into the water.

verb

The actors taking part in a play, film, or other production.

Usage examples:

He draws sensitive performances from his inexperienced cast

verb

Arrange or put together in a particular form or configuration.

Usage examples:

Two of the aircraft will be configured as vip transports

verb

To arrange the way in which something, such as a computer system or software, is organized, so that it can be used for a particular task

Usage examples:

All too often, office workers have computers on their desks, but the machines aren't configured to …

verb

Build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine).

Usage examples:

A company that constructs oil rigs

noun

An idea or theory containing various conceptual elements, typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence.

Usage examples:

History is largely an ideological construct

verb

Make by combining materials and parts

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

verb

Bring (something) into existence.

Usage examples:

He created a thirty-acre lake

verb

Bring into existence

verb

To cause something to exist, or to make something new or imaginative

Usage examples:

He created some of the most magnificent works of art ever made., the new hotel is expected to creat…

verb

Stamp (a design) into the surface of an object so that it is indented.

Usage examples:

You could deboss the team name on the inner side of the bracelet

noun

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

Usage examples:

He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

Usage examples:

A number of architectural students were designing a factory

verb

The act of working out the form of something

verb

Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.

Usage examples:

It will be her mental attitude that determines her future

verb

Find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry

verb

To control or influence directly; to decide

Usage examples:

[ t ] we should be allowed to determine our own future., [ t ] eye color is genetically determined.…

verb

To make something by pouring liquid metal, plastic, etc., usually under pressure, into a mould (= hollow container)

Usage examples:

A die-cast toy, they make die-casts of famous tv vehicles.

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

verb

Carve, mould, or stamp a design on (a surface or object) so that it stands out in relief.

Usage examples:

They used special tools to emboss the leather

verb

To decorate an object, especially with letters, using special tools that make a raised mark on its surface

Usage examples:

She handed me a business card with her name neatly embossed on it.

verb

Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.

Usage examples:

My name was engraved on the ring

verb

To cut a picture or design, or letters into the surface of a hard substance such as metal, wood, or stone

Usage examples:

The 2000-year-old ivories are intricately carved and engraved with scenes of palace life.

verb

Engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it.

Usage examples:

Aquatint is a process of achieving tone by etching a metal plate

noun

The action or process of etching something.

Usage examples:

Semiconductor production processes such as plasma etch

verb

To cut a pattern, picture, etc., in a surface

Usage examples:

Rory ordered a baseball bat with his own name etched in the wood., fig.the building had become etch…

noun

A popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The latest parisian fashions

verb

Make into a particular form.

Usage examples:

The bottles were fashioned from green glass

combining form

In the manner of something specified.

Usage examples:

The masts extend concertina-fashion

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

noun

A blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.

Usage examples:

Culm was the material most widely used in the forges by blacksmiths and large quantities of the sub…

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

Usage examples:

His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Usage examples:

He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

Usage examples:

The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Usage examples:

A tour guide

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

Usage examples:

He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

verb

Someone employed to conduct others

verb

Make (someone) feel admiration and respect.

Usage examples:

They immediately impressed the judges

noun

An act of making an impression or mark.

Usage examples:

Bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers

verb

Force (someone) to serve in an army or navy.

Usage examples:

A number of poles, impressed into the german army

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Usage examples:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Usage examples:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse

noun

The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

Usage examples:

Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

noun

A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. it has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

Usage examples:

There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.

verb

Form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.

Usage examples:

My grandmother made a dress for me

noun

The manufacturer or trade name of a product.

Usage examples:

The make, model, and year of his car

verb

Perform or carry out

verb

Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Firms who manufacture ball bearings

noun

The making of articles on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

The manufacture of armoured vehicles

verb

To produce goods in large numbers, esp. in a factory using machines

Usage examples:

He works for a company that manufactures toys., the president said this is a political crisis manuf…

noun

A three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.

Usage examples:

A model of st paul's cathedral

verb

A simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist calculations and predictions.

Usage examples:

A statistical model used for predicting the survival rates of endangered species

verb

A representation of something, often on a smaller scale

verb

Produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper.

Usage examples:

A thousand copies of the book were printed

noun

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style.

Usage examples:

She forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print

verb

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

verb

Create or represent (something) by carving, casting, or other shaping techniques.

Usage examples:

Sculpting human figures from ivory

verb

Create by shaping stone or wood or other material

verb

To create solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone

Usage examples:

Johnny sculpted an old man's head out of wood., the dripping water had sculpted strange shapes out …

noun

The art of making three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

Usage examples:

The boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced

verb

The art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

Usage examples:

The boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced

noun

The art of creating objects out of material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or a work of art of this type

Usage examples:

[ c ] in the ruins they found ancient stone sculptures., picasso sculpted the "venus of lapigue.", …

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

abbreviation

Supreme headquarters allied powers europe.

verb

Bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground.

Usage examples:

He stamped his foot in frustration

noun

An instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.

Usage examples:

Hathaway used a variety of stamps to mark his tools.

verb

Walk heavily

verb

Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.

Usage examples:

I threw a brick through the window

noun

An act of throwing something.

Usage examples:

Holding's throw hit the stumps

verb

Propel through the air

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

Usage examples:

He was tired after a day's work

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

combining form

Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.

Usage examples:

Silverwork