What is another word for shedding?
216 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈɛdɪŋ], [ ʃˈɛdɪŋ], [ ʃ_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_ŋ]
Shedding refers to the process of losing hair, feathers, or skin. However, there are a number of different synonyms that can be used to describe this phenomenon. For instance, you might talk about molting, which is a specific type of shedding that typically occurs in birds. Alternatively, you might use the term sloughing, which refers to shedding dead skin cells. Other possible synonyms for shedding include exfoliating, flaking, and shedding off. Each of these words carries a slightly different connotation, depending on the specific context in which it is used. Regardless of which word you choose, however, the underlying meaning is the same: something is shedding or losing parts of itself.
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Synonyms for Shedding:
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n.
• effusion • emission • exfoliation • peeling • process • shedding -
v.
• divesting • rejecting- Abandoning ,
- Blackballing ,
- Checking ,
- Chopping ,
- Cropping ,
- Culling ,
- Curtailing ,
- Denying ,
- Disallowing ,
- Discarding ,
- Discharging ,
- Disclaiming ,
- Disgorging ,
- Ejaculating ,
- Ejecting ,
- Eliminating ,
- Evacuating ,
- Excising ,
- Excluding ,
- Jilting ,
- Lopping ,
- Oppugning ,
- Rejecting ,
- Secreting ,
- Sniping ,
- Spewing ,
- Trashing ,
- barring ,
- belching ,
- blacklisting ,
- clipping ,
- cutting ,
- deep-sixing ,
- disapproving ,
- draining ,
- emitting ,
- erupting ,
- excreting ,
- exhausting ,
- exuding ,
- jettisoning ,
- junking ,
- seeping ,
- shearing ,
- venting ,
- vomiting .
Other relevant words:
- Detaching ,
- Exfoliating ,
- Exuviating ,
- Exuviation ,
- Flaking ,
- Unshed ,
- abandon ,
- abrasion ,
- abscission ,
- acute ,
- avid ,
- banish ,
- biological process ,
- blurt ,
- cancel ,
- cashier ,
- cast ,
- casting ,
- clean ,
- corking ,
- cracking ,
- deprive ,
- desquamation ,
- diffusion ,
- discard ,
- discriminating ,
- dislodge ,
- dismiss ,
- dispersal ,
- displace ,
- dispossess ,
- drop ,
- eager ,
- ecdysis ,
- effusion ,
- eject ,
- eliminate ,
- emanation ,
- emission ,
- expectant ,
- expel ,
- fluffing ,
- foundry ,
- gravid ,
- great ,
- groovy ,
- hiatus ,
- impel ,
- impenetrable ,
- impervious ,
- keen ,
- kick off ,
- lay ,
- lose ,
- molting ,
- neat ,
- nifty ,
- open mouth ,
- open one's mouth ,
- organic process ,
- oust ,
- outflowing ,
- peachy ,
- penetrating ,
- penetrative ,
- piercing ,
- placket ,
- pour ,
- pour out ,
- pouring ,
- proof ,
- radiation ,
- refined ,
- relinquish ,
- remove ,
- repellent ,
- resistant ,
- retire ,
- retract ,
- rid ,
- separation ,
- shed ,
- shedder ,
- sheds ,
- sloughing ,
- smashing ,
- spill ,
- sprinkle ,
- striptease ,
- sweat off ,
- tap ,
- tasteful ,
- teem ,
- throw away ,
- throw down ,
- throw out ,
- throw up ,
- uncork ,
- withdraw .
How to use "Shedding" in context?
Shedding is the natural process by which animal hair, feathers and fur are removed from the body. Animals shed hair and feathers to clean and cool themselves. They also shed in response to changes in their environment, such as moving to a new area or becoming stressed. The process of shedding is often scheduled and controlled by an animal's body clock.
Paraphrases for Shedding:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
dispersion, dive.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
arranging, bring, bringing, casting, contributing, conveying, declining, diminishing, drawing, dropping, dumping, focusing, focussing, giving, hurling, laying, lending, letting, making, missing, paying, pouring, provide, putting, releasing, relinquishing, resulting, seeing, setting, slipping, sticking, throw, tossing, yielding, Abandoning, Deleting, Delivering, Detaching, Dipping, Discarding, Discontinuing, Disposing, Doing, Donating, Effecting, Eliminating, Flipping, Flushing, Forfeiting, Furnishing, Hollowing, Injecting, Loosing, Placing, Plunging, Quitting, Removing, Ridding, Throwing, Collapsing, Consigning, Providing, Surrendering, junking, plummeting, featuring, showcasing, iosing.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
Homophones for Shedding:
- stonewash, Stations, stink, set to music, stewing, squattiness, Sweetness, sweating, stanza, stannic, satanic, staidness, sightedness, stung, sitting, sweetening, satang, stannous, stone-wash, station house, steadiness, steaming, sodomise, sadness, systemic, sootiness, siddons, shading, Stonehenge, scouting, sudanese, sauteing, steadying, sheeting, squatting, sodomize, Steaminess, shadiness, St. Thomas, stone age, stotinka, suddenness, stomachic, suiting, seething, studying, systemise, sting, stowing, stance, siding, stench, soothing, shadowiness, sheathing, scathing, stingy, sedateness, sodding, stunning, shoddiness, sheet music, shadowing, stenosis, sighting, shooting, saddening, sea tang, seating, St. Dominic, staining, stoning, systemize, setting, stanch, squatness, sustenance, stomach, shouting, stoutness, staunch, St. Nick, succeeding, St. Athanasius, skating, stinky, six times, scudding, shutting, Seth Thomas, seediness, stomach ache, St. Denis, swathing, stomachache.
Hyponym for Shedding:
n.
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process
organic process, biological process.
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process
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