molt

molt

verb

Definition of MOLT

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside <a crab molts its shell as it grows larger>

Synonyms exfoliate, molt, slip, slough (also sluff)

Related Words flake, peel, scale; chuck, discard, ditch, fling (off or away), jettison, junk, scrap, shuck (off), throw away, throw out, unload