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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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