mole
(moʊl )
Word forms: moles
1. countable noun
A mole is a natural dark spot or small dark lump on someone's skin.
2. countable noun
A mole is a small animal with black fur that lives underground.
3. countable noun
A mole is a member of a government or other organization who gives secret information to the press or to a rival organization.
MI5 has tried to recruit him as a mole.
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Collocations:
check a mole
However, they should not have missed his melanoma during the accompanying mole check (correctly diagnosed six weeks later by a dermatologist colleague of mine).
Times, Sunday Times
I'd like to say to people to check their moles.
The Sun
Why not, in this free time, have all my moles checked?
Times, Sunday Times
But it fears thousands of people may be risking their lives by not getting suspect moles checked.
The Sun
But it pays to wear sun screen7 and check your moles.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 鼹鼠, 间谍, 痣
Japanese: モグラ mammal, スパイ infiltrator, ほくろ skin
- out of range
- out of scale
- out of service
- out of shape
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of sorts
- out-of-state
- out of step
- out of stock
- out of sync
- out of sync/in sync, out of synch/in synch
- out of the blue
- out of the blue
- out of the box
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the loop
- out of the ordinary
- out of the picture
- out of the picture
- out of the question
- out of the running
- out of the top drawer
- out-of-the-way