Definition of moult Moult
/mˈəʊlt/ - moult
We found 9 definitions of moult from 4 different sources.
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British English
moult - /mˈəʊlt/
American English
molt - /mowˈlt/
What does moult mean?
WordNet
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| moult - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | ||
| molt, molting, moulting, ecdysis | ||
| sloughing, shedding the process whereby something is shed | ||
Verb |
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| moult - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" | ||
| shed, molt, exuviate, slough | ||
| cast off, shake off, throw away, throw off, shed, cast, throw, drop make the last row of stitches when knitting | ||
| desquamate, peel off peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- moult (v. t.)
To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. - moult (v. t.)
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed. - moult (n.)
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting. - moult (v. & n.)
See Molt.
