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EXUVIATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they exuviate ... he / she / it exuviates
Past simple: exuviated
Past participle: exuviated
-ing form: exuviating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
Example:
our dog sheds every Spring
Synonyms:
exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "exuviate" is one way to...):
cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off (get rid of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exuviate"):
desquamate; peel off (peel off in scales)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
