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shed skin

shed skin verb: to cast off natural covering; to remove dead skin cells.

Verb

shed skin (third-person singular simple present sheds skin, present participle shedding skin, simple past and past participle shed skin)

  1. (transitive) To cast off natural covering; to remove dead skin cells.

Forms of shed skin

third-person singular presentsheds skin
present participleshedding skin
past participleshed skin
pastshed skin

Questions about shed skin

What does shed skin mean?
Shed skin means to cast off natural covering; to remove dead skin cells.
What part of speech is shed skin?
Shed skin is a verb.
What is the past tense of shed skin?
The past tense of shed skin is shed skin.

Words near shed skin in the dictionary

  1. shed loads
  2. shed out
  3. shed roof
  4. shed roofs
  5. shed rooves
  6. shed skin
  7. shed tears
  8. sheda grass
  9. shedable
  10. Shedar
  11. Shedd

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