| NOUN | process | sloughing, shedding | the process whereby something is shed |
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| Meaning | The process whereby something is shed. | |
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| Synonym | shedding | |
| 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 | slough | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
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