molt
🇺🇸
/məʊlt/
🇬🇧
/məʊlt/
verb
R
When animals shed their old feathers, fur, or skin to allow for new growth.
Every year, my cat molts and leaves fur everywhere.
R
When animals naturally lose their old feathers, fur, or skin so new ones can grow.
It's fascinating to see how snakes molt their skin entirely.
noun
R
The process of shedding old feathers, fur, or skin, which happens for many animals.
A molt can leave some animals looking quite bare until their new fur or feathers grow in.
translation
When animals shed their old feathers, fur, or skin to allow for new growth.; When animals naturally lose their old feathers, fur, or skin so new ones can grow.
The process of shedding old feathers, fur, or skin, which happens for many animals.
Word Forms
Progressive
molting
Past
molted
3rd Present
molts
Perfect
molted
Plural
molts