molt
molt is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.of Melt. Chaucer. Spenser.
- 2.To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon.
- 3.To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed.
- 4.The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- altogether
- back
- bald
- bare
- bareback
- barebacked
- barefoot
- bareness
- birthday
- buff
- callow
- cast
- coot
- cover
- decorticate
- decortication
- denudation
- denude
- depilation
- desquamation
- disfurnish
- dishabille
- dismantle
- disrobe
- divest
- divestment
- doff
- dress
- enrobe
- excoriate
- excoriation
- exfoliate
- exfoliation
- expose
- flay
- garb
- hairless
- hand
- lay
- leafless
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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