verb · transitive · rare

moulder

mould·er

moulder · moulders · mouldered · mouldering

розкладатися, розкластися pf or розікластися, розсипатися

гнить, сгнить

Often followed by away or down: to cause to decay or rot, or to crumble to piecesOften followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.

UK/ˈməʊldə/US/ˈmoʊldəɹ/

» Several heavy stones were hurled from the mouldering battlements into the roaring sea beneath.

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Meaning

5 senses

(Northern England, Scotland, UK, transitive)Often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.
(UK, intransitive)Often followed by away: to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.
гнитьgnitʹ, сгнитьsgnitʹ
розклада́тисяrozkladátysja, розкла́стися pf or розікла́стисяrozklástysja, розсипа́тисяrozsypátysja
(UK, figuratively, intransitive)To die away, to disappear.
(UK, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To cause (someone or something) to die away or disappear.
(UK, figuratively, intransitive, obsolete)Often followed by away: of a group of people (especially an army): to diminish in number; to dwindle.

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Examples

2 sentences

Several heavy stones were hurled from the mouldering battlements into the roaring sea beneath.
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You are a mouldering wreck.
ruТы трухлявая развалина. — odexed
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Translations

2 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

(intransitive) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces — see also crumble, decay, rot:

Русский

By meaning 1

(intransitive) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces — see also crumble, decay, rot:

Origin

From mould (“loose friable soil; rotting earth regarded as the substance of the human body

From mould (“loose friable soil; rotting earth regarded as the substance of the human body”) + -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs), probably influenced by mould (“furry growth of fungi”). Mould is derived from Middle English mold, molde (“loose friable soil, dirt, earth; earth as the substance out of which God made man, and to which the human body decays into after death”), from Old English molde (“earth, soil”), from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil; furry growth of fungi, mould”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”).

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