"exuviate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/ [UK], /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/ [UK], /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/ [US], /ɛɡˈzuː.vɪ.eɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-exuviate.ogg , en-us-exuviate-2.ogg Forms: exuviates [present, singular, third-person], exuviating [participle, present], exuviated [participle, past], exuviated [past]
Etymology: From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|exuviae||what is shed}} Latin exuviae (“what is shed”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} exuviate (third-person singular simple present exuviates, present participle exuviating, simple past and past participle exuviated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult). Tags: intransitive, rare, transitive Synonyms (to shed or cast off a covering): moult, molt, slough Related terms: exuviae, exuvial, exuviation, exuvious Translations (to shed or cast off a covering): luoda nahkansa (english: skin) (Finnish), luoda kuorensa (english: shell) (Finnish), vedlik (Hungarian), mudar (Portuguese), линя́ть (linjátʹ) (Russian), сбра́сывать ко́жу (sbrásyvatʹ kóžu) (Russian), mudar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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