Word Finder - shedding

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To part, separate or divide.

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A metal comb shed her golden hair.

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To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.

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When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.

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To pour; to make flow.

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To allow to flow or fall.

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A tarpaulin sheds water.

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To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.

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Can you shed any light on this problem?

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To pour forth, give off, impart.

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To fall in drops; to pour.

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To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

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To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

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To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.

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The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.

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the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament

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That which is shed, or cast off.

The periodical shedding is also necessary in order to allow of this increase in size.

How happy I am! cried Natasha, shedding tears of joy and excitement and embracing her mother.

Lack of it may lead to anemia, which in turn can cause loss and shedding.

Bill won season four by shedding 170 pounds of his initial 334 pounds.

At the end of the journey, mankind and Cylon refugees founded a new colony world, shedding all of their technology to live in harmony on a planet that would eventually become Earth.

They were penitents, and no doubt imbued with the ancient belief that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.

You will soon be on the way to shedding that unwanted fat.

Complaint was made to Vitellius, then legate of Syria, and Pilate was sent to Rome to answer for his shedding of innocent blood.

At first sight these rites seem intended to call down the pity of heaven on man, but as Robertson Smith points out, their real import was by shedding blood on a holy stone or in a holy place to tie or renew a blood-bond between the God and his faithful ones.

In the deer of the sambar group, where the antlers never advance beyond a three-tined type, the shedding is frequently, if not invariably, very irregular; but in the majority at least of the species with complex antlers the replacement is annual, the new appendages attaining their full development immediately before the pairing-season.

The result is both intimate and powerfully atmospheric, shedding new and memorable light on what usually comes across as a massive choral spectacular.

Therefore, instead of shedding fat, your brain will take the food you do eat and store it, resulting in increased fat gain.

The best exercise strategies for shedding pounds quickly are cardio workouts.

There was another concern—once the bikers hit the lower ele­vation and the heat of the afternoon, they would be shedding outer gear and perhaps identifying numbers with them.

He leaned back against the wall and smiled down at her, the dark eyes shedding their doubt.

The tree has a remarkable appearance, due to shedding its primary branches for about five-sixths of its height and replacing them by a small bushy growth, the whole resembling a tall column crowned with foliage, suggesting to its discoverer, Captain Cook, a tall column of basalt.

The offence of shedding innocent blood charged on them by Joel is natural after these events, but hardly so in connexion with the revolt against Joram.

It is principally trapped during the colder months, from October to April, when the fur is in good condition, as it is nearly valueless during the shedding in summer.

Serfdom is against God's word, " since Christ has delivered and redeemed us all without exception, by the shedding of his precious blood, the lowly as well as the great."

Yet he was not like the ordinary fighting bishops of the Middle Ages, whose sole concession to their sacred calling was to avoid the "shedding of blood" by using a mace in battle instead of a sword.

The simple offering of food or shedding of blood at the grave develops into an elaborate system of sacrifice; even where ancestor-worship is not found, the desire to provide the dead with comforts in the future life may lead to the sacrifice of wives, slaves, animals, &c., to the breaking or burning of objects at the grave or to the provision of the ferryman's toll, a coin put in the mouth of the corpse to pay the travelling expenses of the soul.

During the insurrection of Nicholas Zebrzydowski he led the army which routed the rebels at Guzow in 1607, though protesting against the necessity of shedding "his brothers' blood."

The grand vizier, in the sultan's name, wrote beseeching him to avoid the further shedding of Mussulman blood, offering him a free pardon, the highest honours of the state, the hereditary pashalik of Egypt for himself, and Syria for Ibrahim until he should succeed his father in Egypt.

Beware of waxed strings made of candlewick - unless you like your director to wax eloquent while shedding little light.

A satirical cartoon may be helpful in shedding light on why a particular policy is unpopular.

In asthma, the bronchial epithelium is often damaged, with shedding of the columnar cells into the airway lumen.

By the time they returned, the ten were prepared, and indeed perpetrated an evil which we are still shedding tears over.

Antenna digs in... Brain experts at the Scripps Research Institute in California have come up with a novel strategy for shedding excess flab.

If you are a neat freak and cannot stand dust bunnies, consider a lower shedding breed.

Research is conducted on fiber production from cashmere goats and fine wool sheep and on the biology of growth and shedding of fibers.

The periodic shedding of the tip vortex at the blade tip is also observed in vorticity contour plots measured at the of axial planes.

In order to grow, reptiles slough off old skin in a process called shedding.

Bark shedding helps the tree breathe in smoky atmospheres.

Then, shedding his tuxedo coat, he performed a driving version of the rock standard Knock on Wood.

On the hill there are a lot of objects that are quite capable of causing vortex shedding - hillwalkers included.

Low-slope materials have a watertight membrane, while steep slope are water shedding.

If the fur is virtually pulling out in your hands beyond what you'd expect from normal shedding, it could be a sign of an underlying illness.

While it is true that the breed's hair is very short, it is also true that there is shedding.

There is usually a bit of shedding in a wool rug, but isn't harmful to the design or the rug's quality.

Here at LoveToKnow Addiction, we are committed to shedding light on every aspect of addiction and recovery because we believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

In 2003, Smith became a spokesmodel for TrimSpa weight-loss pills after shedding about 70 pounds and looking like a shell of her former self.

Frequent brushing helps with shedding issues and prevents unsightly mats and tangles.

A double-coated dog should have dead hair combed several times a week to help with shedding.

Even short-haired dog coats should be brushed once or twice a week to aid shedding and keep the coat shiny and healthy.

Brushes and Combs help remove shedding hair and help your dog look neat again.

He is also shedding so badly his coat looks like it's turning white, but he's a supposed to be a chocolate.

Make time to take Fido to the groomer for a summer hair cut or just simply to help you with the shedding of the winter fur.

Thanks to its short, straight hair, a Bullmastiff is easy to groom, and there is very little shedding.

These dogs are moderately trainable with a medium amount of shedding of their short hair.

This short-haired dog requires little in the way of grooming and doesn't do too much shedding.