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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Shedding

/shĕd'-ĭng/ · Shed·ding · IPA /ˈʃɛdɪŋ/
01 n. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
  1. 1.
    The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
  2. 2.
    That which is shed, or cast off.[R.]