EXUVIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exuviate mean? 

• EXUVIATE (verb)
  The verb EXUVIATE has 1 sense:

1. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

  Familiarity information: EXUVIATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXUVIATE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

exuviate; molt; moult; shed; slough

Context example:

our dog sheds every Spring

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:

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