molt

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++molt /məʊlt $ moʊlt/ verb [intransitive]  x-refthe American spelling of moult moult的美式拼法→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

molt• Their hair was in raggedy patches, for they were molting their thick winter coats.Origin molt (1500-1600) mout “to molt” ((14-17 centuries)), from Old English mutian “to change”, from Latin mutare; → MUTATE

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Corpus moult American of spelling the

molt

I

molt /məʊlt $ moʊlt/ verb [intransitive]the American spelling of moult

II

moult British English, molt American English /məʊlt $ moʊlt/ verb [intransitive]
when a bird or animal moults, it loses feathers or hair so that new ones can grow
—moult noun [uncountable and countable]

molt (especially US) (BrE, CanE moult) BrE /məʊlt/ 🔊NAmE /moʊlt/ 🔊 verb present simple - I / you / we / they molt BrE /məʊlt/ 🔊 NAmE /moʊlt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it molts BrE /məʊlts/ 🔊 NAmE /moʊlts/ 🔊past simple molted BrE /ˈməʊltɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmoʊltɪd/ 🔊 -ing form molting BrE /ˈməʊltɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmoʊltɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (of a bird or an animal 鸟或兽) to lose feathers or hair before new feathers or hair grow 换羽；蜕毛