shedding
/ˈʃɛdɪŋ/ noun B2- The act of shedding, separating, or casting off. · the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament
- That which is shed, or cast off.
Plural sheddings
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Stop this moment, I tell you!” But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.
It will restore my self-respect, for I was shedding tears freely before Ruby came along.
The Winkies lifted him tenderly in their arms, and carried him back to the Yellow Castle again, Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way at the sad plight of her old friend, and the Lion looking sober and sorry.
“There is no occasion to move yet, my son,” she replied; “the man who only sends to his friends to help him with his harvest is not really in earnest.” The owner of the field came again a few days later and saw the wheat shedding the grain from excess of ripeness.
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