noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.

   "the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament"

2. 2
   loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales wordnet
3. 3
   That which is shed, or cast off.

   "sheddings from the pining"

4. 4
   the process whereby something is shed wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of shed form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

desquamationdesquamationpeelingradiationresistantseparation

Example

More examples

"I cannot read this book without shedding tears."

Related phrases

bike-sheddingload sheddingload-sheddingnon-sheddingshedding gametail-sheddingvortex sheddingcast off

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