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Webster 1913 Edition
Moult
{
, Molt
,Moult
}Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Molted
or Moulted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Molting
or Moulting
.] [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps,
moult
; but as the u
has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as,
, it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling bolt
, colt
, dolt
, etc.molt
.] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.
Bacon.
{
Molt
,Moult
, }Verb.
T.
To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
{
Molt
,Moult
, }Noun.
The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.
Webster 1828 Edition
Moult
MOULT.
[See Molt.]Definition 2025
moult
moult
English
A cicada moulting.
A cockroach moulting.
A cicada molting.
Alternative forms
- molt (American English)
Noun
moult (plural moults)
- The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
- Some birds change colour during their winter moult.
- The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.
Translations
the process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin, etc
the skin or feathers cast off during the process of molting
Verb
moult (third-person singular simple present moults, present participle moulting, simple past and past participle moulted)
- (intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.
- (transitive) To shed in such a manner.
Translations
to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
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French
Etymology
From Middle French moult, from Old French molt, mout, mult, from Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Has largely disappeared from spoken language, only preserved in some dialects, and replaced by beaucoup.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu/
Adverb
moult
Adjective
moult m (feminine singular moulte, masculine plural moults, feminine plural moultes)
- (archaic, regional) much; a lot of