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present participle of shed
Synonyms & Antonyms of shedding
1
to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside
- a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin
Synonyms for shedding
- exfoliating,
- molting,
- slipping,
- sloughing
- (also sluffing)
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2
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change
Synonyms for shedding
- cashiering,
- casting (off),
- chucking,
- deep-sixing,
- discarding,
- ditching,
- dumping,
- eighty-sixing
- (or 86ing),
- exorcising
- (also exorcizing),
- flinging (off or away),
- jettisoning,
- junking,
- laying by,
- losing,
- pitching,
- rejecting,
- scrapping,
- shucking (off),
- sloughing (off)
- also sluffing (off),
- throwing away,
- throwing out,
- tossing,
- unloading
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