Motive, n.
- 1. Inducement, incentive, impulse, incitement, stimulus, spur, prompting, influence, reason, ground, consideration,
cause, occasion, prime mover, why and wherefore.
- 2. (Mus.) Theme, subject, melody, motivo.
Motley, a.
- 1. Variegated, dappled, party-colored, mottled.
- 2. Heterogeneous, diversified, mingled, composite, mixed.
Mottled, a. Variegated, spotted, motley, speckled, dappled, piebald, of various colors.
Mould, n.
- 1. Loam.
- 2. Material, composing substance, matter.
- 3. Mustiness, mildew, mouldiness, mucor, blight, smut.
- 4. Iron-mould, iron-rust, rust.
- 5. Matrix, matrice.
- 6. Form, shape, cast, fashion, character.
- 7. Pattern.
Mould, v. a. Form, shape, fashion, model.
Moulder, v. n. Crumble, perish, decay, turn to dust, fall into decay, fall to pieces, waste away.
Mouldwarp, n. Molewarp, mole.
Mouldy, a. Musty, mildewed, fusty, decaying.
Moult, v. n. Shed feathers, hair, etc, mew, mue.
Moult, v. a. Shed (feathers, hair, etc.), mew.