to shed
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3.5
- verb
- /ʃɛd/
:
mudar
- Each year, the snake will shed its skin to allow for new growth.
- shed leaves
- shed its skin
- rodents shed fur
If you have a Husky or a heavily shedding animal, you you feel my pain.
- If you have a Husky or a heavily shedding animal, you you feel my pain.
- The trees start to shed their leaves to make room for what is next.
- And as you're walking along, the needles that have been shed are on the forest floor.
- So goes and crawls behind a Little Rock, digs deep, sheds its shell.
- And it's almost like, you know how like snakes shed their skin.
- You know, the lining of their uterus sheds.
- They're small, they don't shed too much hair, she doesn't smell, she doesn't draw.
- Well, it's it's a beautiful thing for for them to be so for them not to shed their leaves.
- And a lot of that stuff that, that it's like you got to protect them from themselves because they're animals and they, they need to shed that skin, so to speak.
- Your flyaways a lot of times are really just hair that is replacing the hair that was shed.
- You know, humans, we shed like German shepherds sometimes not as much, but it's normal.
Examples
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Maybe I shed some skin.
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I simply shed my skin every two months.
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If you did not know this before, cats shed their claws.
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The bulk of the uterine lining is shed within the first few days.
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A Dartmoor pony grows a shaggy coat in winter and sheds it in summer.
Academic text (1995) -
Every year, the camel sheds hair which keeps its owner in robes, rugs, and blankets.
Academic text (2003) -
During the spring, the cat began to shed its thick winter fur.
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As summer approached, many animals start to shed their coats to stay cool.
Synonyms
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6.1
To shed old feathers, skin, hair, or shell so new ones can grow
To shed old skin, feathers, or hair when an animal grows
To shed an old outer layer of skin or feathers when an animal grows
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Etymology
The verb shed for animals losing hair, skin, or feathers comes from the same idea of 'coming off' or being cast off, like a snake taking off its skin, which is why we say dogs 'shed' hair and trees 'shed' leaves.