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