Found 2 items, similar to Moldering.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: moldering moldering adj : becoming rotten; “a field covered with thousands of decomposing bodies”; “John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave” [syn: decomposing, mouldering]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Moldering Molder \Mold"er\, Moulder \Mould"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Molderedor Mouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Moldering or Mouldering.] [From Mold fine soft earth: cf. Prov. G. multern.] 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. [1913 Webster] The moldering of earth in frosts and sun. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] When statues molder, and when arches fall. --Prior. [1913 Webster] If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]