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moultenUK
moult M0376600 (mōlt)v. & n. Chiefly British Variant of molt.moult (məʊlt) or moltvb (Zoology) (of birds, mammals, reptiles, and arthropods) to shed (feathers, hair, skin, or cuticle)n (Zoology) the periodic process of moulting. See also ecdysis[C14 mouten, from Old English mūtian, as in bimūtian to exchange for, from Latin mūtāre to change] ˈmoulter, ˈmolter nmolt (moʊlt)
v.i. 1. to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, in the process of renewal or growth. v.t. 2. to cast or shed (feathers, skin, etc.) in the process of renewal. n. 3. an act, process, or an instance of molting. 4. something that is dropped in molting. Also, esp. Brit., moult. [1300–50; earlier mout (with intrusive -l-; compare fault, assault), Middle English mouten, Old English -mūtian to change < Latin mūtāre to change; see mutate] molt′er, n. moult
Past participle: moulted
Gerund: moulting
| Present |
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| I moult | | you moult | | he/she/it moults | | we moult | | you moult | | they moult |
| Preterite |
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| I moulted | | you moulted | | he/she/it moulted | | we moulted | | you moulted | | they moulted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am moulting | | you are moulting | | he/she/it is moulting | | we are moulting | | you are moulting | | they are moulting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have moulted | | you have moulted | | he/she/it has moulted | | we have moulted | | you have moulted | | they have moulted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was moulting | | you were moulting | | he/she/it was moulting | | we were moulting | | you were moulting | | they were moulting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had moulted | | you had moulted | | he/she/it had moulted | | we had moulted | | you had moulted | | they had moulted |
| Future |
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| I will moult | | you will moult | | he/she/it will moult | | we will moult | | you will moult | | they will moult |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have moulted | | you will have moulted | | he/she/it will have moulted | | we will have moulted | | you will have moulted | | they will have moulted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be moulting | | you will be moulting | | he/she/it will be moulting | | we will be moulting | | you will be moulting | | they will be moulting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been moulting | | you have been moulting | | he/she/it has been moulting | | we have been moulting | | you have been moulting | | they have been moulting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been moulting | | you will have been moulting | | he/she/it will have been moulting | | we will have been moulting | | you will have been moulting | | they will have been moulting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been moulting | | you had been moulting | | he/she/it had been moulting | | we had been moulting | | you had been moulting | | they had been moulting |
| Conditional |
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| I would moult | | you would moult | | he/she/it would moult | | we would moult | | you would moult | | they would moult |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have moulted | | you would have moulted | | he/she/it would have moulted | | we would have moulted | | you would have moulted | | they would have moulted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  moult - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptilesecdysis, molt, molting, moultingshedding, sloughing - the process whereby something is shed | | Verb | 1. |  moult - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"exuviate, molt, slough, sheddesquamate, peel off - peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates"cast off, shed, throw off, throw away, shake off, throw, cast, drop - get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
Translationsmoult (American) molt (məult) verb (of birds, dogs or cats, snakes etc) to shed feathers, hair, a skin etc. 換羽，脫毛 换羽，脱毛 moultenUK
moult (US), molt the periodic process of moulting moultenUK
molt (mōlt), To cast off feathers, hair, or cuticle; to undergo ecdysis.
See also: desquamate. Synonym(s): moult [L. muto, to change] moult (mōlt)v. & n. Chiefly British Variant of molt.moult (of birds, mammals, reptiles and arthropods) to shed (feathers, hair, skin and cuticle). see ECDYSIS, MOULTING HORMONE.moultenUK
Related to moult: moltSynonyms for moultnoun periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptilesSynonyms- ecdysis
- molt
- molting
- moulting
Related Wordsverb cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathersSynonymsRelated Words- desquamate
- peel off
- cast off
- shed
- throw off
- throw away
- shake off
- throw
- cast
- drop
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