What is another word for shedding?
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈɛdɪŋ], [ ʃˈɛdɪŋ], [ ʃ_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_ŋ]
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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:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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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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