molding

verb

Definition of moldingnext
present participle of mold
as in decomposing
to go through decomposition plants molding in the abandoned garden

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Recent Examples of molding Whereas the Scranton method mainly involves molding ultrahot steel in giant forging presses, Repkon added a step in which a fast-spinning machine squeezes and rolls out the metal like clay on a potter’s wheel. — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026 At the company’s Woburn research facility, lab technicians recently poured pellets into a molding machine to make forks. — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 At the company's Woburn research facility, lab technicians recently poured pellets into a molding machine to make forks. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 Glove flats are intended to fit your foot like, well, a glove, molding to its natural shape. — Anna Traver, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026 Ugg is getting ready for back-to-school season with a campaign celebrating the musicians, artists, students and creatives molding the next generation of culture — so who better to front the campaign than the band Muna. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 Early cultural exchanges played a key role in molding Sino-Indian relations, particularly the spread of Buddhism from India to China. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026 At the center of the room, a hatmaker lowers black felt over the hot shaping device and begins molding the crown with his hands. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026 New Spots White, gray, red, blue, or green spots indicate that your food is molding. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molding
  1. decomposing
  2. disintegrating
  3. rotting
  4. decaying
Verb
  • Other microbes recycle nutrients by decomposing dead plants and animals, fix atmospheric nitrogen into forms that plants can use, and form essential partnerships with roots, insects, and other organisms.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Many unanswered questions remain after 56 decomposing bodies were found inside a Chicago funeral home last week.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of decomposing
Verb
  • Teams must build enough psychological trust to disagree without disintegrating.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Others rot in the California sun, disintegrating into bony fragments.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of disintegrating
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  • City leaders have accused Lineage, whose warehouse in Boyle Heights was destroyed by fire, of blowing past the city’s 45-day deadline for removing millions of pounds of rotting food from its property.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The pot should have several drainage holes to keep the roots from rotting.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of rotting
Verb
  • The new owners took over the keys to a tired and decaying club in the spring and have since overseen a summer renovation that has stretched from assembling a new first-team squad to restoring hot water to Hillsborough.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The project aims to help clear sediment and decaying organic matter at the bottom of the lake.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of decaying

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“Molding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molding. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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