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 mold·er /ˈmoldɚ/
 (vi.)腐朽,崩壞(vt.)使腐朽造模者,鑄模工

 Mold·er, Mould·er  n. One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically Founding, one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.

 Mold·er, Mould·er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moldered or Mouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Moldering or Mouldering.]  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.

 Mold·er, Mould·er, v. t. To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away.
 [Time's] gradual touch
 Has moldered into beauty many a tower.   --Mason.
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 molder
      v : break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn: decompose,
           rot, moulder]