moulding

as incarve

Synonyms for moulding

verb cut carefully with sharp instrument

Antonyms for moulding

Word Origin & History

also mould, "hollow shape," c.1200, originally "fashion, form; nature, native constitution, character," metathesized from Old French modle "model, plan, copy; way, manner" (12c., Modern French moule), from Latin modulum (nominative modulus) "measure, model," diminutive of modus "manner" (see mode (1)). From c.1300 as "pattern or model by which something is shaped or made." To break the mold "render impossible the creation of another" is from 1560s.

Example Sentences for moulding

Moreover he made pottery, moulding the clay with his hand, and baking it in a fire.

He had not been born right, and he had not been helped any by the moulding he had received at the hands of society.

The plastic fingers were at work about her, moulding her into what she must be as a woman.

None so humble but he has his share in moulding the destiny of the race.

Inside was a large room in which fifty workers were carving or moulding.

His fingers clutched the moulding; he bore upon it with all his weight.

There are no columns, no capitals, not a moulding of any kind.

It has exerted a profound, enduring, moulding influence on my whole life.

When all the tubes have been set in place, begin laying the moulding.

Farmers with moulding machinery can make their own moulding.