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noun
- 1. action to reduce the load on something, especially the interruption of an electricity supply to avoid excessive load on the generating plant.
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the process of releasing a virus or bacterium from a cell or body into the environment where it can infect other people: The drug may reduce symptoms, viral shedding, and healing time. By preventing shedding of the bacteria in both cow cud and faeces, it will reduce the spread of bacteria in food. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of SHED is to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted. How to use shed in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Shed.
n. 1. An elevation in the earth's surface from which water flows in two directions; a watershed. 2. Something, such as an exoskeleton or outer skin, that has been shed or sloughed. 3. The space made by raising certain warp threads on a loom and lowering others, allowing the woof to be passed between them. Idioms: shed blood. 1.
the process of releasing a virus or bacterium from a cell or body into the environment where it can infect other people: The drug may reduce symptoms, viral shedding, and healing time. By preventing shedding of the bacteria in both cow cud and feces, it will reduce the spread of bacteria in food. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definitions of shedding. noun. the process whereby something is shed. synonyms: sloughing. see more. noun. loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales. synonyms: desquamation, peeling. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Shedding."
The earliest known use of the noun shedding is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for shedding is from around 1175, in Ormulum . shedding is formed within English, by derivation.
Sep 28, 2024 · shedding (plural sheddings) The act of shedding, separating, or casting off. the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament. That which is shed, or cast off. a. 1850, William Wordsworth, Yew-Trees: sheddings from the pining.
