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 6 definitions foundFrom WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: molt noun: periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: {molting}, {moult}, {moulting}, {ecdysis}] verb: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring" [syn: {shed}, {exuviate}, {moult}, {slough}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Molt \Molt\, obs. imp. of {Melt}. --Chaucer. --Spenser. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Molted} or {Moulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Molting} or {Moulting}.] [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See {Mew} to molt, and cf. {Mute}, verb (used with an object)] [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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, verb (used with an object) To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, noun The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting. From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Molt, MT Zip code(s): 59057 | |||
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