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Definitions for Shedding

[1] to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
[2] to emit and let fall, as tears.
[3] to impart or release; give or send forth (light, sound, fragrance, influence, etc.).
[4] to resist being penetrated or affected by: cloth that sheds water.
[5] to cast off or let fall (leaves, hair, feathers, skin, shell, etc.) by natural process.
[6] Textiles . to separate (the warp) in forming a shed.
[7] to fall off, as leaves.
[8] to drop out, as hair, seed, grain, etc.
[9] to cast off hair, feathers, skin, or other covering or parts by natural process.
[10] Textiles . (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
[11] shed blood , to cause blood to flow. to kill by violence; slaughter.
[12] a small building or lean-to of light construction, used for storage, shelter, etc
[13] a large roofed structure, esp one with open sides, used for storage, repairing locomotives, sheepshearing, etc
[14] a large retail outlet in the style of a warehouse
[15] NZ another name for freezing works
[16] in the shed NZ at work
[17] (tr) NZ to store (hay or wool) in a shed
[18] to pour forth or cause to pour forth to shed tears ; shed blood
[19] shed light on , shed light upon , throw light on or throw light upon to clarify or supply additional information about
[20] to cast off or lose the snake shed its skin ; trees shed their leaves
[21] (of a lorry) to drop (its load) on the road by accident
[22] to abolish or get rid of (jobs, workers, etc)
[23] to repel this coat sheds water
[24] (also intr) (in weaving) to form an opening between (the warp threads) in order to permit the passage of the shuttle
[25] (tr) dialect to make a parting in (the hair)
[26] (in weaving) the space made by shedding
[27] short for watershed
[28] mainly Scot a parting in the hair
[29] (tr) to separate or divide off (some farm animals) from the remainder of a group a good dog can shed his sheep in a matter of minutes
[30] (of a dog) the action of separating farm animals
[31] physics a former unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10 –52 square metre

Words related to Shedding

sheddropping, desquamation

Words nearby Shedding

shedshechem, shechina, shechinah, shechita, shechitah, shed, shed blood, shed dormer, shed hand, shed light on, shed out

Origin of Shedding

2before 950; Middle English s(c)hed(d)en (v.), Old English scēadan, variant of sceādan; cognate with German scheiden to divide

Other words from Shedding

shed·a·ble , shed·da·ble , adjective
non·shed·ding , adjective
un·shed·ding , adjective

Word origin for Shedding

C20: from shed 1 ; so called by comparison to barn ² because of its smaller size

Synonyms for Shedding

desquamation, dropping, exfoliating, exuviating, molting, exuviation