exuviate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/, /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/, /ɛɡˈzuː.vɪ.eɪt/ , === Verb === exuviate (third-person singular simple present exuviates, present participle exuviating, simple past and past participle exuviated) (ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult). ==== Synonyms ==== (to shed or cast off a covering): moult, molt, slough ==== Related terms ==== exuviae exuvial exuviation exuvious ==== Translations ====