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shedding


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shed  \Shed\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shedding}.]  [OE.  scheden  sch?den,  to  pour,  to  part  AS 
  sc[=a]dan,  sce['a]dan,  to  pert,  to  separate;  akin  to  OS 
  sk??an,  OFries  sk?tha,  G.  scheiden  OHG.  sceidan  Goth. 
  skaidan  and  probably  to  Lith.  sk["e]du  I  part  separate,  L. 
  scindere  to  cleave,  to  split,  Gr  ???,  Skr.  chid,  and  perch. 
  also  to  L.  caedere  to  cut.  [root]159.  Cf  {Chisel}, 
  {Concise},  {Schism},  {Sheading},  {Sheath},  {Shide}.] 
  1.  To  separate;  to  divide.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.]  --Robert  of 
  Brunne 
 
  2.  To  part  with  to  throw  off  or  give  forth  from  one's  self 
  to  emit;  to  diffuse;  to  cause  to  emanate  or  flow;  to  pour 
  forth  or  out  to  spill;  as  the  sun  sheds  light;  she  shed 
  tears;  the  clouds  shed  rain. 
 
  Did  Romeo's  hand  shed  Tybalt's  blood?  --Shak. 
 
  Twice  seven  consenting  years  have  shed  Their  utmost 
  bounty  on  thy  head.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  3.  To  let  fall;  to  throw  off  as  a  natural  covering  of  hair, 
  feathers,  shell;  to  cast;  as  fowls  shed  their  feathers; 
  serpents  shed  their  skins;  trees  shed  leaves. 
 
  4.  To  cause  to  flow  off  without  penetrating;  as  a  tight 
  roof,  or  covering  of  oiled  cloth,  sheeds  water. 
 
  5.  To  sprinkle;  to  intersperse;  to  cover.  [R.]  ``Her  hair  .  . 
  .  is  shed  with  gray.''  --B.  Jonson 
 
  6.  (Weaving)  To  divide,  as  the  warp  threads,  so  as  to  form  a 
  shed,  or  passageway,  for  the  shuttle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shedding  \Shed"ding\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  shedding,  separating,  or  casting  off  or  out 
  as  the  shedding  of  blood. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  shed,  or  cast  off  [R.]  --Wordsworth. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shedding 
  n  :  the  process  whereby  something  is  shed  [syn:  {sloughing}] 




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