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 Definitions of MOLE  [ˈmoʊ leɪ]  

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Definition of 'MOLE' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) mole
any of various small, insect-eating mammals, esp. of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.

2.  mole
a spy who becomes part of and works from within the ranks of an enemy governmental staff or intelligence agency.

3.  mole
a large, powerful machine used in the construction of tunnels.

4. (n.) mole
a small, congenital spot or blemish on the human skin, usu. of a dark color, slightly elevated, and sometimes hairy; nevus.

5. (n.) mole
a massive structure, esp. of stone, set up in the water, as for a breakwater or a pier.

6.  mole
an anchorage or harbor protected by such a structure.

7. (n.) mole
the quantity of a substance the weight of which equals the substance's molecular weight expressed in grams, and which contains 6.02 &xtimes; 1023 molecules of the substance.

8. (n.) mole
a mass in the uterus formed by malformed embryonic or placental tissue.

9. (n.) mole
a spicy Mexican sauce made with chocolate and chili peppers.

Etymology:  (1925–30; < MexSp < Nahuatl mōlli sauce)

Definition of 'MOLE' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gram molecule, mole, mol
the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

2. (noun) counterspy, mole
a spy who works against enemy espionage

3. (noun) mole
spicy sauce often containing chocolate

4. (noun) mole
a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin

5. (noun) breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

6. (noun) mole
small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet


Definition of 'MOLE' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) mole
a small animal that lives underground and has poor eyesight
a mole's hole

2.  mole
a small dark mark on sb's skin
a mole on her left cheek

3.  mole
sb working in an organization in order to spy on it for another organization
a CIA mole


Definition of 'MOLE' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) MOLE
a spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures

2. (noun) MOLE
a spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs

3. (noun) MOLE
a mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus

4. (noun) MOLE
a mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself

5. (noun) MOLE
any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet

6. (noun) MOLE
a plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains

7. (verb) MOLE
to form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth

8. (verb) MOLE
to clear of molehills


Translation of 'MOLE' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a small, permanent, usually dark, spot on the skin.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: moesie Arabic flag Arabic: خال، شامَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бенка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sinal Czech flag Czech: mateřské znaménko German flag German: das Muttermahl
Danish flag Danish: skønhedsplet; modermærke Greek flag Greek: κρεατοελιά Spanish flag Spanish: lunar
Estonian flag Estonian: sünnimärk Farsi flag Farsi: خال سیاه Finnish flag Finnish: luomi
French flag French: grain de beauté Hebrew flag Hebrew: שׁוּמָה Hindi flag Hindi: तिल
Croatian flag Croatian: madež, pjega Hungarian flag Hungarian: anyajegy Indonesian flag Indonesian: tahi lalat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fæðingarblettur Italian flag Italian: neo Japanese flag Japanese: ほくろ
Korean flag Korean: 사마귀, 검은 점 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apgamas Latvian flag Latvian: dzimumzīme
Malay flag Malay: tahi lalat Dutch flag Dutch: moedervlek Norwegian flag Norwegian: føflekk
Polish flag Polish: pieprzyk Persian flag Persian: خال سیاه Pashto flag Pashto: تور خال
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sinal Romanian flag Romanian: aluniţă Russian flag Russian: родинка
Slovak flag Slovak: materské znamienko Slovenian flag Slovenian: pega, znamenje Serbian flag Serbian: mladež
Swedish flag Swedish: födelsemärke, hudfläck Thai flag Thai: ไฝ Turkish flag Turkish: ben
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: родимка; бородавка Urdu flag Urdu: مسّا یا تل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nốt ruồi Chinese flag Chinese: 

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