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Shedding

To part, separate or divide.

📖 Definitions of "Shedding"

verb
  1. 1

    To part, separate or divide.

    "A metal comb shed her golden hair."

  2. 2

    To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.

    "When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin."

  3. 3

    To pour; to make flow.

  4. 4

    To allow to flow or fall.

    "A tarpaulin sheds water."

verb
  1. 1

    To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.

    "the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament"

  2. 2

    That which is shed, or cast off.

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