moult

5 definitions found

moult - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Molted or
     Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting.] [OE.
     mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t.]
     [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as the u
     has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as,
     bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the
     analogy by the spelling molt.]
     To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like,
     as an animal or a bird. --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster] Molt

  Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. t.
     To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
     [1913 Webster] Molt

  Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, n.
     The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin,
     etc.; molting.
     [1913 Webster]

  Moult \Moult\ (m[=o]lt), v. & n.
     See Molt.
     [1913 Webster]

moult - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  moult
      n 1: periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
           skin in reptiles [syn: molt, molting, moult,
           moulting, ecdysis]
      v 1: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds
           every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult,
           slough]