MEANING
To rot or deteriorate slowly, especially while left unused.
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Words that belong together
- molder in a cellar
- papers molder
On the page
The records moldered in the damp cellar.
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Word forms
- Base
- molder
- Past tense
- moldered
- Past participle
- moldered
- Present participle
- moldering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- molder
- Present continuous
- am/is/are moldering
- Present perfect
- have/has moldered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been moldering
- Past
- moldered
- Past continuous
- was/were moldering
- Past perfect
- had moldered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been moldering
- Future
- will molder
- Future continuous
- will be moldering
- Future perfect
- will have moldered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been moldering
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: molder; molders; moldered; moldered; moldering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: molders.
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