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Shedding

Shedding Meaning & Definition
Shedding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shedding?

[n] loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
[n] the process whereby something is shed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Shedding: desquamation | peeling | sloughing

Related Terms | Find terms related to Shedding:

See Also | abscission | biological process | ecdysis | molt | molting | moult | moulting | organic phenomenon | organic process

Shedding In Webster's Dictionary

\Shed"ding\, n. 1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood. 2. That which is shed, or cast off. [R.] --Wordsworth.

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