"molt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: molts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} molt (plural molts)
  1. US standard spelling of moult. Tags: US, alt-of, standard Alternative form of: moult Derived forms: intermolt, moltable, molter, postmolt, premolt, unmolted
    Sense id: en-molt-en-noun-K9Dx6VrX Categories (other): American English, English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 1 35 0 14 6 5 6 1 0 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 41 0 11 3 3 3 1 0 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: molts [present, singular, third-person], molting [participle, present], molted [participle, past], molted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} molt (third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)
  1. US standard spelling of moult. Tags: US, alt-of, standard Alternative form of: moult
    Sense id: en-molt-en-verb-K9Dx6VrX Categories (other): American English, English links with manual fragments
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From Middle English molte, the 2sg and subj. sg. past tense of melten (“to melt”), and also from a reduced form of molten (the general plural indicative past tense, used with we and they), from Old English multe, multon and multen, respectively the 2sg / subj. sg., plural indicative, and plural subjunctive preterite forms of meltan (“to melt, to digest, to be fully destroyed”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm||molte}} Middle English molte, {{abbr|2sg|second-person singular indicative}} 2sg, {{abbr|subj. sg.|subjunctive singular}} subj. sg., {{lg|indicative}} indicative, {{inh|en|ang|multe, multon and multen}} Old English multe, multon and multen, {{abbr|2sg|second-person singular indicative}} 2sg, {{abbr|subj. sg.|singular subjunctive}} subj. sg., {{lg|preterite}} preterite Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} molt
  1. (rare) simple past of melt Tags: form-of, past, rare Form of: melt
    Sense id: en-molt-en-verb-44-AB8-O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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