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shedding
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n. 1 The act of shedding, separating, or cast off. 2 That which is shed, or cast off. vb. (present participle of shed English)
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Shedding may refer to: Shedding or moulting of body parts Desquamation , pathologic or non-pathologic skin shedding Peeling of the skin A family of card games where the objective is the "shedding" of one's hand Natural hair loss in cats and dogs Viral shedding ...
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n. an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: cast , cast off , shake off , throw , throw off , throw away , drop ] pour out in drops or small quantities ...
Usage examples of shedding.
A sickle moon rode the purple skies, shedding just enough light to distinguish the huddled shapes a few yards away as men, rather than rocks.
Morel, and now that Denise had served her purpose, Lily had shed her like a snake shedding its skin.
The fuzzy stems were still shedding, and Nori shook, then bent the leaves into a quick shelter before crawling inside.
Then she made her way back to bed, shedding her nightdress, too, along the way.
He considered moving her to the rear cargo bed, but it was cluttered with mangled chew toys and carpeted with Labrador sheddings.
Between the yearly layers of pine, fir, and cedar sheddings lay bits of uncountable cigarettes packs, weather-yellowed pornography, candy wrappers, condoms, dead flashlight batteries, and clusters of stolen Mercedes hood ornaments.
Then I took the broom and pushed it across the cave floor, farther and farther forward, until it came to the edge and fell over, all that dust and grit and sheddings of the hive falling down like snow on the canyon bottom.
But these sheddings of tears were like so many candle-flames or kitchen-fires: elements of domestic life, controlled, unremarkable.