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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024molt /moʊlt/USA pronunciation v. - Zoology(of an animal) to cast off or shed skin, etc., in the process of growth: [no object]The bird had molted and was growing new feathers.[~ + object]The bird had molted its feathers.
n. [uncountable] - an act or instance of molting.
- something dropped in molting.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] moult. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024molt (mōlt),USA pronunciation v.i. - (of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
v.t. - to cast or shed (feathers, skin, etc.) in the process of renewal.
n. - an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- something that is dropped in molting.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] moult. - Latin mūtāre to change; see mutate
- 1300–50; earlier mout (with intrusive -l-; compare fault, assault), Middle English mouten, Old English -mūtian to change (in bi-mūtian to exchange for)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: molt /məʊlt/ vb , n - the usual US spelling of moult
moult /moʊlt/USA pronunciation v., n. [Chiefly Brit.]- British Termsmolt.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024moult (mōlt),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t., n. [Brit.]- British Termsmolt.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: moult, US molt /məʊlt/ vb - (of birds, mammals, reptiles, and arthropods) to shed (feathers, hair, skin, or cuticle)
n - the periodic process of moulting
Etymology: 14th Century mouten, from Old English mūtian, as in bimūtian to exchange for, from Latin mūtāre to changeˈmoulter, US ˈmolter n |