Past tense of mould
regular verb
The past tense of mould is moulded. The past participle is also moulded.
Forms of mould
| Base form (V1) | mould /məʊld/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | moulded |
| Past participle (V3) | moulded |
| Present participle | moulding |
| Third person singular | moulds |
Moulded in a sentence
- The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 288
- The hyper-masculinity, optimism and enthusiastic boomerism of the American frontier moulded the young Briton's character.2016, Neil Evans, edited by Huw Pryce, Writing a Small Nation's Past, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry boomerism
- There were bits of a vaulted roof with panelled fanwork and moulded ribs, recalling the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster.2008, Geoffrey Ashe, King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury, Sutton Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 289. From the entry fanwork
- Their exquisitely moulded faces were the colour of wheatmeal porridge slightly browned, with numerous freckles as the bran.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 209. From the entry wheatmeal
- They moulded a man out of damp earth and infused into his veins the red gum of the kumpang-tree.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 14. From the entry kumpang
Meaning of mould
- noun Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- noun Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
- verb Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
Questions about the past tense of mould
- What is the past tense of mould?
- The past tense of mould is moulded.
- What is the past participle of mould?
- The past participle of mould is moulded.
- Is mould a regular or irregular verb?
- Mould is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mould (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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