Definition for Shedding:

• The act of shedding; that which is cast off.

Synonyms for Shedding:

• adj.

  •streaming (adjective)
  • pouring.

• n.

  •desquamation (noun)
  • desquamation.
  •effusion (noun)
  • pourings,
  • out flow,
  • dis charge,
  • dis-charge,
  • out flows,
  • dis-charges,
  • dis charges.
  •emission (noun)
  • ex-halation,
  • trans missions,
  • trans-mission,
  • ex halations,
  • ventings,
  • ex-halations,
  • trans mission,
  • ex halation.
  •exfoliation (noun)
  • depilation,
  • peelings.
  •outpouring (noun)
  • effusion.
  •peeling (noun)
  • Exuviation,
  • Exuviating,
  • Exfoliating,
  • losing hair,
  • dropping,
  • molting.
  •process (noun)
  • shedding,
  • sloughing.

• v.

  •divesting (verb)
  • unclothing,
  • Disrobing,
  • undressing,
  • denuding,
  • peeling,
  • Divesting,
  • Exposing,
  • stripping,
  • baring.
  •rejecting (verb)
  • Denying,
  • Discharging,
  • clipping,
  • Jilting,
  • Rejecting,
  • deep-sixing,
  • exuding,
  • belching,
  • cutting,
  • barring,
  • Chopping,
  • Blackballing,
  • Disclaiming,
  • Lopping,
  • Spewing,
  • Checking,
  • Ejaculating,
  • Culling,
  • Ejecting,
  • Disgorging,
  • junking,
  • Disallowing,
  • Excluding,
  • Sniping,
  • emitting,
  • Discarding,
  • venting,
  • Abandoning,
  • Excising,
  • Cropping,
  • Eliminating,
  • jettisoning,
  • Curtailing,
  • excreting,
  • Secreting,
  • shearing,
  • seeping,
  • disapproving,
  • erupting,
  • vomiting,
  • exhausting,
  • Evacuating,
  • Trashing,
  • draining,
  • Oppugning,
  • blacklisting.
  •relinquishing (verb)
  • Waiving,
  • Abdicating,
  • Quitting,
  • Capitulating,
  • forsaking,
  • Vacating,
  • relinquishing,
  • forgoing,
  • Resigning,
  • disowning,
  • releasing,
  • Surrendering,
  • Renouncing,
  • withdrawing,
  • defecting,
  • Deserting,
  • giving up.
  •ridding (verb)
  • Disposing,
  • Canceling,
  • leaving,
  • Ridding,
  • letting go,
  • casting off,
  • Dispelling,
  • relegating,
  • parting with,
  • Dismissing.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • effluence,
  • efflux,
  • ejaculation,
  • emission,
  • exhalation,
  • exudate,
  • exudation,
  • organic phenomenon,
  • wordiness,
  • organic process,
  • biological process,
  • Exudates,
  • exudations,
  • effluences,
  • gushings,
  • out-flow,
  • out-flows.

Paraphrases for Shedding:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dive, dispersion.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    diminishing, Detaching, relinquishing, Discontinuing, showcasing, Disposing, Surrendering, Eliminating, Removing, declining, Collapsing, Deleting, Delivering, Furnishing, contributing, lending, Loosing, Discarding, plummeting, seeing, Abandoning, Donating, arranging, releasing, setting, Injecting, Consigning, Flushing, provide, Providing, Plunging, conveying, dropping, slipping, dumping, Hollowing, iosing, Forfeiting, yielding, Dipping, resulting, Effecting, drawing, casting, giving, laying, Placing, featuring, bring, bringing, sticking, hurling, Ridding, focusing, focussing, tossing, missing, throw, Throwing, paying, pouring, Quitting, letting, Flipping, putting, Doing, junking, making.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    spilling, excretion, bleeding.

Shedding Sentence Examples:

• Although he would not for anything in the world have hindered a right vocation, yet he could not hear of my design without shedding tears.

• More prudent counsels prevailed when messengers arrived from the prisoners, imploring their friends not to try a useless resistance and to avoid the shedding of blood.

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.

Hypernym for Shedding:

• n.

  • process
    moult, molting, molt, moulting, abscission, ecdysis.

Hyponym for Shedding:

• n.

  • process
    organic process, biological process.