Mole
noun
A small mammal that lives underground.
The garden has been ruined by moles digging holes
Often appears as...
- mole hill
- mole tunnel
noun
A mark or small dark spot on the skin.
She has a small mole on her cheek
Often appears as...
- beauty mole
- cancerous mole
noun
A spy who works within an organization or country.
The double agent acted as a mole within the government
Often appears as...
- russian mole
- expose a mole
noun
A unit of measurement in chemistry.
One mole of helium has a mass of 4 grams
Often appears as...
- mole of substance
- molar mass
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Academic
noun
A spicy Mexican sauce made from chillies, nuts, and chocolate.
Chicken in a rich mole sauce
Often appears as...
- mole poblano
- mole negro
noun
A type of strong sea wall.
A mole protected the harbor from the rough seas
Often appears as...
- harbor mole
- build a mole
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Technical
noun
A small mammal that lives underground.
The garden has been ruined by moles digging holes
Often appears as...
- mole hill
- mole tunnel
noun
A mark or small dark spot on the skin.
She has a small mole on her cheek
Often appears as...
- beauty mole
- cancerous mole
noun
A spy who works within an organization or country.
The double agent acted as a mole within the government
Often appears as...
- russian mole
- expose a mole
noun
A unit of measurement in chemistry.
One mole of helium has a mass of 4 grams
Often appears as...
- mole of substance
- molar mass
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A spicy Mexican sauce made from chillies, nuts, and chocolate.
Chicken in a rich mole sauce
Often appears as...
- mole poblano
- mole negro
noun
A type of strong sea wall.
A mole protected the harbor from the rough seas
Often appears as...
- harbor mole
- build a mole
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Underground Dweller
The term 'mole' represents an animal that makes tunnels, mostly unseen.
Farmers often try to deter moles due to the damage they can cause.
Pro Tip 2/2Garden Pest
'Mole' can imply a nuisance in the context of lawn care or gardening.
I need to fix my lawn because of all the mole hills.
Pro Tip 1/2Underground Dweller
The term 'mole' represents an animal that makes tunnels, mostly unseen.
Farmers often try to deter moles due to the damage they can cause.
Pro Tip 2/2Garden Pest
'Mole' can imply a nuisance in the context of lawn care or gardening.
I need to fix my lawn because of all the mole hills.
Pro Tip 1/2Underground Dweller
The term 'mole' represents an animal that makes tunnels, mostly unseen.
Farmers often try to deter moles due to the damage they can cause.
Pro Tip 2/2Garden Pest
'Mole' can imply a nuisance in the context of lawn care or gardening.
I need to fix my lawn because of all the mole hills.
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How big is a mole? (Not...
And some of you might be thinking that it's a growth on your aunt's face with hairs sticking out of it. Well, in this case, a mole is a concept that we use in chemistry to count molecules, atoms, just about anything extremely small. Have you ever wondered how many atoms there are in the universe? Or in your body? Or even in a grain of sand?
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This weird trick will...
And when he recorded the vibrations produced by worm grunters and moles digging, their frequencies overlapped substantially. This was it. Over hundreds of thousands of years, these earthworms evolved a behavior that helped them escape a top predator. Aboveground, they were immune to the moles,
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Are naked mole rats the...
All the other naked mole rats, male and female, are either soldiers, who defend the colony from possible invaders, or workers. Teams of workers are dispatched to hunt for roots, and their harvest feeds the whole colony. Living in a colony helps naked mole rats find enough food,
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Saving the Creepy...
there and be back in a few hours and the zoo said sure so for the first photo session everything was set up in the zoo's kitchen and joel had asked that the first critter was one who could hold still i just you know did a naked mole rat on a white cutting board in the kitchen
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Why the universe seems...
is that just as monkeys live in an arboreal world and moles live in an underground world and water striders live in a surface tension-dominated flatland, we live in a social world. We swim through a sea of people -- a social version of Middle World.
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Can we create new senses...
And when you look across the animal kingdom, you find lots of peripheral devices. So snakes have heat pits with which to detect infrared, and the ghost knifefish has electroreceptors, and the star-nosed mole has this appendage
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The beauty of data...
of useful so I want to show you another landscape now we need to imagine what a landscape of the world's fears might look like let's take a look this is mountains out of mole hills a timeline of global media panic
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Exploring the Mole's...
that this imposter grows from a sesamoid bone in the moles wrist sesamoid bones are found where attendant passes over a joint the kneecap for instance is a sesamoid bone they both protect the joint and
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Inside the Mission to...
time when the female is inside the nest with a chick and maybe she's mole things she can't fly and escape killing the male might result in female and the baby also lose in their life
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Cheetah Cubs Learn to...
eventually la lu and the mole rat both go safely on their separate ways each perhaps a little wiser foreign
Video examples
How big is a mole? (Not...
And some of you might be thinking that it's a growth on your aunt's face with hairs sticking out of it. Well, in this case, a mole is a concept that we use in chemistry to count molecules, atoms, just about anything extremely small. Have you ever wondered how many atoms there are in the universe? Or in your body? Or even in a grain of sand?
Video examples
This weird trick will...
And when he recorded the vibrations produced by worm grunters and moles digging, their frequencies overlapped substantially. This was it. Over hundreds of thousands of years, these earthworms evolved a behavior that helped them escape a top predator. Aboveground, they were immune to the moles,
Video examples
Are naked mole rats the...
All the other naked mole rats, male and female, are either soldiers, who defend the colony from possible invaders, or workers. Teams of workers are dispatched to hunt for roots, and their harvest feeds the whole colony. Living in a colony helps naked mole rats find enough food,
Video examples
Saving the Creepy...
there and be back in a few hours and the zoo said sure so for the first photo session everything was set up in the zoo's kitchen and joel had asked that the first critter was one who could hold still i just you know did a naked mole rat on a white cutting board in the kitchen
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
is that just as monkeys live in an arboreal world and moles live in an underground world and water striders live in a surface tension-dominated flatland, we live in a social world. We swim through a sea of people -- a social version of Middle World.
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
And when you look across the animal kingdom, you find lots of peripheral devices. So snakes have heat pits with which to detect infrared, and the ghost knifefish has electroreceptors, and the star-nosed mole has this appendage
Video examples
The beauty of data...
of useful so I want to show you another landscape now we need to imagine what a landscape of the world's fears might look like let's take a look this is mountains out of mole hills a timeline of global media panic
Video examples
Exploring the Mole's...
that this imposter grows from a sesamoid bone in the moles wrist sesamoid bones are found where attendant passes over a joint the kneecap for instance is a sesamoid bone they both protect the joint and
Video examples
Inside the Mission to...
time when the female is inside the nest with a chick and maybe she's mole things she can't fly and escape killing the male might result in female and the baby also lose in their life
Video examples
Cheetah Cubs Learn to...
eventually la lu and the mole rat both go safely on their separate ways each perhaps a little wiser foreign
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Gigi Hadid
American Model
People can see a picture of my body from the neck down and know who it is because of my beauty marks or whatever you call them, moles. I've always had them, and I've always loved them. Obviously you have to be careful with that; I get them checked regularly and make sure that they're healthy.
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Shay Mitchell
Canadian Actress
Take that one thing you don't like about yourself and more often than not that's the one thing that makes you more special. Whether it's that gap in your teeth, or that mole you never liked, or your skin color.
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Neha Pendse
Indian Actress
There are times when I surprise myself with the kind of patience I have shown and then there are times when I felt that I could have handled it easily but I made a mountain out of a mole.
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Gordon England
American Businessman
The president said that this is not removing a mole. You know, removing a mole, that's an outpatient sort of an operation. This was removing a cancer, removing a cancer takes more time.
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Kate Moss
English Model
I used to be so scared about, 'Oh, I don't want to show my body.' Now that I've shown it, it doesn't bug me about my moles, or 'This isn't big enough' and 'That's not smooth enough.
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Niki Taylor
American Model
I always hated my mole growing up. I even thought about having it removed. At the time I didn't do it because I thought it would hurt, and now I'm glad I didn't.
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Jennifer Morrison
American Actress
I have seven scars from having moles removed. One was a melanoma, six were precancerous. Get your moles checked!
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Marcela Valladolid
American Chef
I don't make mole everyday nor do I cook Mexican food every day.
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Susan Kelechi Watson
Jamaican Actress
I have a mole in my eye, which is a very specific thing.
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Gedde Watanabe
American Actor
I've got a big mole on my butt. It's true.
Quote examples
Gigi Hadid
American Model
People can see a picture of my body from the neck down and know who it is because of my beauty marks or whatever you call them, moles. I've always had them, and I've always loved them. Obviously you have to be careful with that; I get them checked regularly and make sure that they're healthy.
Quote examples
Shay Mitchell
Canadian Actress
Take that one thing you don't like about yourself and more often than not that's the one thing that makes you more special. Whether it's that gap in your teeth, or that mole you never liked, or your skin color.
Quote examples
Neha Pendse
Indian Actress
There are times when I surprise myself with the kind of patience I have shown and then there are times when I felt that I could have handled it easily but I made a mountain out of a mole.
Quote examples
Gordon England
American Businessman
The president said that this is not removing a mole. You know, removing a mole, that's an outpatient sort of an operation. This was removing a cancer, removing a cancer takes more time.
Quote examples
Kate Moss
English Model
I used to be so scared about, 'Oh, I don't want to show my body.' Now that I've shown it, it doesn't bug me about my moles, or 'This isn't big enough' and 'That's not smooth enough.
Quote examples
Niki Taylor
American Model
I always hated my mole growing up. I even thought about having it removed. At the time I didn't do it because I thought it would hurt, and now I'm glad I didn't.
Quote examples
Jennifer Morrison
American Actress
I have seven scars from having moles removed. One was a melanoma, six were precancerous. Get your moles checked!
Quote examples
Marcela Valladolid
American Chef
I don't make mole everyday nor do I cook Mexican food every day.
Quote examples
Susan Kelechi Watson
Jamaican Actress
I have a mole in my eye, which is a very specific thing.
Quote examples
Gedde Watanabe
American Actor
I've got a big mole on my butt. It's true.
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