MOLDING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

molding

verb

Definition of molding

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 Then, tentatively, Serhii began molding himself into his new life. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026 Buffalo weighed those reports before adding Walker and molding the rookie to become a star prospect who started every game except the opener. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Trump has leaned into molding the White House and Greater Washington in his own image, harkening back to his days as a real estate developer in 1970s and 1980s New York. — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 In his aesthetic response to the movement’s stance, Mansour made mud his medium, layering and molding it for pottery. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Parents pick what children wear, molding them for the adult world. — Peter Saenger, Air Mail, 15 Aug. 2026 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. — 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

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The body of 76-year-old Ronald Tyler was already decomposing by the time his daughter Terri found out where he was being stored.

— Dave Savini, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
If soil amendment is needed, first add compost and decomposing leaves to the garden soil.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of decomposing

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The stars have grown lethargic and limp, with lesions spread across their bodies, their arms falling off or disintegrating.

— Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Segan’s thriller takes as its central dramatic question the tension between the analog and the digital, the New York that’s coming into being in the 2020s and the New York that’s disintegrating to bring it to life.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of disintegrating

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Rifkin recounted how an ordinary Saturday of shopping ended with Sierra leaving Machado, Julia and Daniela rotting in a closet and being eaten by insects.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
The researchers grew the common research plant Arabidopsis thaliana in containers, some of which were dotted with patches of rotting apple.

— Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of rotting

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These showers won’t make their way to Sacramento, but a few passing clouds over the region are expected late morning and early afternoon as the decaying pulse of earlier rain passes.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, dead, diseased and decaying trees will be removed during the evening and overnights hours to ensure public safety.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of decaying

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