Shedding

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  • v. Present participle of shed.
  • n. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.
  • n. That which is shed, or cast off.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out.
  • n. That which is shed, or cast off.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A parting; separation; a branching off, as of two roads or a water-shed; hence, the angle or place where two roads meet.
  • n. A pouring out or spilling; effusion: as, the shedding of blood.
  • n. The act of letting fall, casting off, or parting with something, as a plant its seed when ripe, or a covering husk: as, the shedding of wheat.
  • n. That which is shed, cast off, or exuviated; a cast or exuvium.
  • n. A collection of sheds, or sheds collectively.
  • n. Specifically, of the cotton plant, the dropping of young bolls. Shedding results to some extent from defect of pollination, but often from a deep cultivation at early flowering time, encouraging a growth of ‘weed.’
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
  • n. the process whereby something is shed
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    organic phenomenon   
    Cross Reference
    center shedding    open shedding    closed shedding   
    Verb Stem
    shed   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Reading    Redding    bedding    beheading    breading   
     
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