DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
13.58.230.203

Search for:
[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 moldered
      adj : slowly broken down or crumbled into dust; "layers of
            moldered leaves" [syn: mouldered]