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The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
Example: Some birds change colour during their winter moult.
The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.
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To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.
To shed in such a manner.
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To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
Example: I melted butter to make a cake.
To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
Example: His troubles melted away.
To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
To be discouraged.