molt
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English
Definitions
noun
- The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.“Some birds change colour during their winter moult.”
- The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.
verb
- To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.
- To shed in such a manner.
verb
- To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.“I melted butter to make a cake.”
- To dissolve, disperse, vanish.“His troubles melted away.”
- To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- To be discouraged.
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Synonyms
exuviashedsloughfoundthawmoultmoultingexuviateecdysissheddingtinpostnuptialprenuptialatoicaterpillarspremoltmoultsintermolt