Found 2 items, similar to moldered.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: moldered
moldered
adj : slowly broken down or crumbled into dust;
“layers of
moldered leaves” [syn:
mouldered]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Moldered
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.
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The moldering of earth in frosts and sun. --Bacon.
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When statues molder, and when arches fall. --Prior.
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If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have
moldered to nothing. --Clarendon.
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