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shedding skin

shedding skin is the present participle and gerund of shed skin.

Meaning of shed skin

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.

Questions about shedding skin

What is shedding skin the present participle and gerund of?
Shedding skin is the present participle and gerund of shed skin.

Words near shedding skin in the dictionary

  1. shedding a tear
  2. shedding blood
  3. shedding game
  4. shedding light on
  5. shedding out
  6. shedding skin
  7. shedding tears
  8. sheddings
  9. Shedds
  10. shedful
  11. shedfuls

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