shedding

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ

Verb

shedding

1. present participle and gerund of shed

Noun

shedding (plural sheddings)

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

   the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament

2. That which is shed, or cast off.
   • a. 1850, William Wordsworth, Yew-Trees:

     sheddings from the pining

Derived terms

• bike-shedding
• load shedding
• load-shedding
• non-shedding
• tail-shedding
• vortex shedding

 

References

• “shedding”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.