shed skin
To cast off natural coveringTo cast off natural covering; to remove dead skin cells.
» The snake shed its skin.
Die Schlange häutete sich. — raggione
Die Schlange hat sich gehäutet. — Zurich899
Змея сбросила кожу. — Wezel
Змія скинула шкіру. — aandrusiak
Lindoula · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo cast off natural covering; to remove dead skin cells.
Examples
10 sentencesThe snake shed its skin.
Змія скинула шкіру. — aandrusiak
ruЗмея сбросила кожу. — Wezel
deDie Schlange häutete sich. — raggione
A snake which does not shed its skin, dies.
deEine Schlange, die sich nicht häutet, stirbt. — Esperantostern
Snakes shed their skin every year.
ruЗмеи каждый год сбрасывают кожу. — Wezel
deSchlangen häuten sich jedes Jahr. — raggione
The snake is shedding its skin.
ruЗмея сбрасывает кожу. — Lili691
Like a snake, you periodically shed your skin.
Forms
sheds skin, shedding skin, shed skin, shed skin| Base form | shed skin · to shed skin |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sheds skin |
| Present participle | shedding skin |
| Past simple | shed skin |
| Past participle | shed skin |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.