ALL meanings of shedding
shed
S s - verb with object shedding to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain. 1
- verb with object shedding to emit and let fall, as tears. 1
- verb with object shedding to impart or release; give or send forth (light, sound, fragrance, influence, etc.). 1
- verb with object shedding to resist being penetrated or affected by: cloth that sheds water. 1
- verb with object shedding to cast off or let fall (leaves, hair, feathers, skin, shell, etc.) by natural process. 1
- verb with object shedding Textiles. to separate (the warp) in forming a shed. 1
- verb without object shedding to fall off, as leaves. 1
- verb without object shedding to drop out, as hair, seed, grain, etc. 1
- verb without object shedding to cast off hair, feathers, skin, or other covering or parts by natural process. 1
- noun shedding Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick. 1
- idioms shedding shed blood, to cause blood to flow. to kill by violence; slaughter. 1