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molder

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mol·der /ˈməʊldə $ ˈmoʊldər/ verb [intransitive]  x-refthe American spelling of moulder moulder的美式拼法→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
molderMy father, who was superintendent of the Zodiac to the end, stayed on, and moldered away with the towns.While my sisters and I attended to this half of the sandwich, the other half was moldering badly.Decades-old medical supplies moldered in the warehouses.Today the records of the Parliament of Religions molder on library shelves.Old Doc himself was moldering peacefully in the ground just as he should be.Once lodged in the seams of the clothing, they remained until time moldered the garments.It loomed over the Angara River like a great rectangular tombstone, moldering toward oblivion in stunning disrepair.
Origin molder (1500-1600) Probably from mold earth ((11-21 centuries)), from Old English molde; influenced by MOLD11
mol·der verbChineseSyllable
the of American Corpus spelling moulder


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molder
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molder /ˈməʊldə $ ˈmoʊldər/ verb [intransitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Probably from mold __earth__ (11-21 centuries), from Old English molde; influenced by mold1(1)
the American spelling of moulder

II
moulder British English, molder American English /ˈməʊldə $ ˈmoʊldər/ (also moulder away) verb [intransitive]
to decay gradually:
    old papers mouldering away in the attic


mol·der verb [intransitive] (especially US) = moulder present simple - I / you / we / they molder BrE /ˈməʊldə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmoʊldər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it molders BrE /ˈməʊldəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmoʊldərz/ 🔊past simple moldered BrE /ˈməʊldəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmoʊldərd/ 🔊past participle moldered BrE /ˈməʊldəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmoʊldərd/ 🔊 -ing form moldering BrE /ˈməʊldərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmoʊldərɪŋ/ 🔊