molt
verb /məʊlt/
/məʊlt/
(US English) (British English moult)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they molt | /məʊlt/ /məʊlt/ |
| present simple I / you / we / they molts | /məʊlts/ /məʊlts/ |
| past simple molted | /ˈməʊltɪd/ /ˈməʊltɪd/ |
| -ing form molting | /ˈməʊltɪŋ/ /ˈməʊltɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of a bird or an animal) to lose feathers or hair before new feathers or hair grow
- The adult birds were already molting.
- molt something The female hornbill molts her beautiful feathers.
- [intransitive] (of feathers or hair) to fall out before new feathers or hair grow
- The last of his juvenile plumage had molted.