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Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Molt

/mōlt/ · IPA /mˈoʊlt/
01 imp. imp. of Melt.
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    imp. of Melt.obs. See: Melt
02 v. i. To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.
imp. & p. p. Molted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting
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    To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.
03 v. t. To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
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    To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
04 n. The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.
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    The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.