MOLDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does molder mean? 

• MOLDER (verb)
  The verb MOLDER has 1 sense:

1. break down

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLDER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they molder    ... he / she / it molders   
Past simple: moldered   
Past participle: moldered   
-ing form: moldering   

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