Lexic.us

Definition of Shedding

1. Noun. The process whereby something is shed.

2. Noun. Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales.

Definition of Shedding

1. n. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.

Definition of Shedding

1. Verb. (present participle of shed) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shedding

1. shed [v] - See also: shed

Medical Definition of Shedding

1. 1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood. 2. That which is shed, or cast off. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shedding

shed light on shed light upon shed load shed loads shed roof shed roofs shed rooves shed tears shedable sheddable

shedded shedder shedders sheddest sheddeth shedding (current term) sheddings shedful shedfuls shedhand

shedhands shedless shedlike shedloads shedrow shedrows sheds shedsful shee

Literary usage of Shedding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1891)
"BM SPONTANEOUS shedding OF THE NAILS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS. ... shedding may take place in two manners. In certain cases the hemorrhage and detachment occur ..."

2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"His blood, that is, the guilt of shedding it, could not possibly rest on the sanhédrin ; nor, to use their language, be brought upon them by the apostles, ..."

3. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"The object of this would be alike to make the tree bear and to improve the fruit. Of remedies for the shedding of the fruit: ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"Some Observations on the Young Scales of the Cod, Haddock and "Whiting before shedding. By Mr Alex. "Wallace Brown, St Andrews Communicated by Dr AT ..."

5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Hardly might they distinguish man from man : Yet with clear water cleansing off the blood, shedding hot tears, they raised them to the wains. ..."

6. The Corrosion and Preservation of Iron and Steel by Allerton Seward Cushman, Henry Alfred Gardner (1910)
"Water-shedding and Excluding Properties of Pigments. ... A water-shedding paint is one which, because of its peculiar physical character, appears to show a ..."

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