Molder (Verb)
Meaning
Break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The furniture had begun to molder in the damp attic after years of abandonment.
- Abandoned buildings left to molder in the cityscape became eyesores for the community.
- Unattended graves left their long-forgotten occupants to molder beneath crumbling headstones.
- Uncollected trash heaped on the streets allowed disease to spread as organic matter began to molder.
- The moist air beneath the floors caused the drywall to molder, creating an unwanted habitat for pests.