mouldˈy adjective (mouldˈier; mouldˈiest)

1. Overgrown with mould
2. Like mould
3. Stale
4. Musty
5. Miserable, lousy (informal)

mould³ or (N American) mold /mōld/

1. Soil rich in decayed matter
2. Loose soft earth
3. Earth, considered as the material of which the body is formed or to which it returns
4. The earth of the grave
5. The ground, the land, the world (obsolete or archaic)
6. (in pl) clods, esp in allusion to the grave (Scot mouls or mools /moolz/)

To cover with soil

To moulder

mouldˈer intransitive verb

1. To crumble to mould
2. To turn to dust
3. To waste away gradually

To turn to dust

mouldˈy adjective

Like, or of the nature of, mould

mouldˈboard noun

The curved plate in a plough which turns over the soil