mouldering
present participle ofmoulder
moulder
verb[I]
UK(USmolder)uk/ˈməʊl.dər/us/ˈmoʊl.dɚ/todecayslowly:
Ifoundtheseapplesmouldering in thecupboard.
Synonym
rot
to beleftsomewhereand not used orcaredfor:
There's anoldbikethat's been moulderingawayin theshedforyears.
Decaying and staying fresh
- best-before date
- biodegradable
- biodegrade
- compost
- decay
- decompose
- mouldy
- nonperishable
- nutrient cycling
- out of date
- perish
- perishable
- rack
- rotten
- seed
- sell-by date
- shrivel
- shrivelled
- spoil
- withered
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Neglecting and ignoring
Examplesofmouldering
mouldering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Other times, it might take age-long trawls through ancient andmoulderingvolumes at your local library, much to the annoyance of any present librarians and allergy sufferers.
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Have we not got enough cathedrals without propping up our old,moulderingmonasteries?
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They are trapped in these crumbling,moulderingtenements.
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It is to draw attention not to the major masters of these two galleries but to the large number of picturesmoulderingin their cellars.
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All these plans, excellent though they are, aremoulderingaway, getting covered with dust, so far as one knows, and we are lacking a decision.
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Their equipment was sold, dumped or leftmoulderingin warehouses.
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They are no longer keptmoulderingfor 18 months.
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If, when you get to the end of the queue, there is nothing to buy except tangerinesmoulderingin a shabby pyramid?
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Can we afford to leave things as they are,moulderingand ever lower in standard?
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If this does not happen, these books w ill go onmoulderingaway, some of them in the basement.
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We all know, that, unfortunately, expedited decisions are often bad ones and delays are not always due to papersmoulderingin in-trays.
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Then they see it—somethingmoulderingin the corner.
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These people are not allowed any occupation and hardly any recreation; they aremoulderingin these camps, and becoming more and more bitter.
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But it would surely be better thanmoulderingon with 3 million unemployed or more, and only an unusable virility symbol at the end of the tunnel.
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It would have saddened me to see dust and rust where once hummed a rousing town; hundreds where were thousands; tumbledown cabins,moulderingwarehouses.
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- strip-mall
- strip mining
- strip-mining
- strip-of
- strip of cloth
- strip-off
- strip of land
- strip-out
- stripped
- stripped back
- stripped-back
- stripped down
- stripped-down
- stripper
- strippergram
- stripping
- strip poker
- strip-poker
- strip sb of sth
- strip-sb-of-sth
- strip sb/sth of sth
- strip search
- strip-search
- strip something away
- strip something off