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sheddable

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shed

2  [shed] verb, shed, shed⋅ding, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
2. to emit and let fall, as tears.
3. to impart or release; give or send forth (light, sound, fragrance, influence, etc.).
4. to resist being penetrated or affected by: cloth that sheds water.
5. to cast off or let fall (leaves, hair, feathers, skin, shell, etc.) by natural process.
6. Textiles. to separate (the warp) in forming a shed.
–verb (used without object)
7. to fall off, as leaves.
8. to drop out, as hair, seed, grain, etc.
9. to cast off hair, feathers, skin, or other covering or parts by natural process.
–noun
10. 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.
—Idiom
11. shed blood,
a. to cause blood to flow.
b. to kill by violence; slaughter.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME s(c)hed(d)en (v.), OE scēadan, var. of sceādan; c. G scheiden to divide

Related forms:
shed⋅a⋅ble, shed⋅da⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
3. emit, radiate, effuse, spread. 4. repel. 9. molt.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: shed
Pronunciation: 'shed
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: shed; shed·ding
: to give off or out: as a : to lose as part of a natural process <shed the deciduous teeth> b : to discharge usually gradually from the body <shed a virus in the urine>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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