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to molt
01
(of animals or birds) to lose hair, feathers, etc. temporarily before they grow back
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
molt
3rd person singular
molts
Present participle
molting
Past simple
molted
Past participle
molted
Examples
The bird began to molt in the spring, shedding its old feathers for new ones.
Molt
01
periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
molts
Lexical Tree
molter
molting
molt
