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moldering |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Molder \Mold"er\, Moulder \Mould"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moldered}or {Mouldered}; p. pr & vb n. {Moldering} or {Mouldering}.] [From {Mold} fine soft earth: cf Prov. G. multern.] To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form or waste away by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away The moldering of earth in frosts and sun. --Bacon. When statues molder, and when arches fall. --Prior. If he had sat still the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. --Clarendon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: moldering adj : becoming rotten; "a field covered with thousands of decomposing bodies"; "John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave"; "rotting animal flesh is attractive to vultures" [syn: {decomposing}, {mouldering}, {rotting}]
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