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# shedding

verb form (shed, sheds, shed, shedding); noun (shedding — uncountable)

«shedding» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Present participle of «shed»: losing hair, skin or leaves naturally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#m1)
2. Letting something fall or flow: «shedding tears». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#m2)
3. Getting rid of something unwanted: «shedding weight», «shedding jobs». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#m3)
4. (UK) Dropping its load on a road: «a lorry shedding its load». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#m4)

### In the lessons

Science: snakes shed their skin; trees shed leaves in autumn; dogs shed hair. Everyday: «shedding light on» means explaining. Phrases: «shed light on», «shed tears», «shedding hair».

### Examples

- Our dog is shedding hair all over the sofa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#x1)
- The trees are shedding their leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#x2)
- A snake was shedding its old skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#x3)
- She was shedding tears of joy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#x4)
- This book sheds light on the Tudors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#x5)
- The company is shedding jobs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#x6)
- When he entered his hut he found his wife, who had somehow heard the news, twisting herself to and fro and shedding tears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/#x7)

### Note

«Shed» is irregular: shed, shed (past same), shedding (double «d»). Do not confuse with «a shed» (a small hut in the garden).

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means spilling innocent blood, which Jeremiah blames the king for.

**Interpretation.** Tradition treats killing the innocent as one of the three sins a Jew must die rather than commit.

### Examples

- But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. (Prophets JER.22.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shedding/#x1)

### Note

«Shed» is irregular: shed, shed (past same), shedding (double «d»). Do not confuse with «a shed» (a small hut in the garden).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shedding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shedding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shedding.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «shedding» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shedding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shedding» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shedding.html) on Mova free.