Meaning

2 senses
  1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.

    the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament

    loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

  2. That which is shed, or cast off.

    the process whereby something is shed

Forms

plural: sheddings
Singularshedding
Pluralsheddings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the process whereby something is shed:sloughing
  • loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales:desquamationpeeling

Word family

9 related words

See also

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