molt
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molt¹
verb molts · molting · molted
- US standard spelling of moult
noun molts
- US standard spelling of moult
molt²
Where it comes from
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”).
verb
- simple past of melt
Talk about this word "molt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/molt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. molt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/molt "molt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/molt.Cite this
@misc{molt_2026,
title = {molt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/molt},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
