shedding (root: shed)

Verb (usu participle)

shed=ding

8 in 8 verses (in OT : 6 in 6 verses) (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

shedding(n = noun.process) sloughing - the process whereby something is shed; Array

has particulars: abscission, ecdysis, molt, molting, moult, moulting

is a kind of biological process, organic process

Derived form verb shed₄

shedding(n = noun.phenomenon) desquamation, peeling - loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales; Array

is a kind of organic phenomenon

shedding, n.

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood. [1913 Webster]
That which is shed, or cast off. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

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