| NOUN | process | shedding, sloughing | the process whereby something is shed |
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| phenomenon | shedding, desquamation, peeling | loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales |
| Sounds | sheh'dihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The process whereby something is shed. | |
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| Synonym | sloughing | |
| Narrower | abscission | shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant |
| molt, molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis | Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | |
| Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
| Spanish | muda | |
| Catalan | muda | |
| Verbs | shed | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
| Meaning | Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales. | |
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| Synonyms | desquamation, peeling | |
| Broader | organic phenomenon | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals |
| Spanish | descamación | |
| Catalan | descamació | |
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