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molt

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun molt has 1 sense

molt(n = noun.process) ecdysis, molting, moult, moulting - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles;

is a kind of shedding, sloughing

Derived form verb molt₁

Verb molt has 1 sense

molt(v = verb.body) exuviate, moult, shed, slough - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"

is one way to cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off

Derived forms noun molt₁, noun molter₁, noun molting₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

molt, imp.

imp. of Melt. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

molt, v. i. [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t.].

To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

molt, v. t.

To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed. [1913 Webster]

molt, n.

The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

molt, US var. of MOULT.

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ROGET THESAURUS

molt

Divestment

VB divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.