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shedding
(encz) | shedding,prolévání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shedding
(gcide) | Shed \Shed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shedding.] [OE. scheden, sch?den, to pour, to part, AS.
sc[=a]dan, sce['a]dan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS.
sk??an, OFries. sk?tha, G. scheiden, OHG. sceidan, Goth.
skaidan, and probably to Lith. sk["e]du I part, separate, L.
scindere to cleave, to split, Gr. ???, Skr. chid, and perch.
also to L. caedere to cut. [root]159. Cf. Chisel,
Concise, Schism, Sheading, Sheath, Shide.]
1. To separate; to divide. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Robert of
Brunne.
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2. To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self;
to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour
forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed
tears; the clouds shed rain.
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Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood? --Shak.
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Twice seven consenting years have shed
Their utmost bounty on thy head. --Wordsworth.
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3. To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair,
feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers;
serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.
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4. To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight
roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
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5. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. [R.] "Her hair . .
. is shed with gray." --B. Jonson.
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6. (Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a
shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
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Shedding
(gcide) | Shedding \Shed"ding\, n.
1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out;
as, the shedding of blood.
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2. That which is shed, or cast off. [R.] --Wordsworth.
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shedding
(wn) | shedding
n 1: the process whereby something is shed [syn: shedding,
sloughing]
2: loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming
off in scales [syn: desquamation, peeling, shedding] |
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load-shedding
(encz) | load-shedding, n: |
Bloodshedding
(gcide) | Bloodshedding \Blood"shed`ding\, n.
Bloodshed. --Shak.
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load-shedding
(gcide) | load-shedding \load-shedding\ n.
The act or process of disconnecting the electric current on
certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the
supply.
[WordNet 1.5] Loadsman |
Shedding
(gcide) | Shed \Shed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shedding.] [OE. scheden, sch?den, to pour, to part, AS.
sc[=a]dan, sce['a]dan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS.
sk??an, OFries. sk?tha, G. scheiden, OHG. sceidan, Goth.
skaidan, and probably to Lith. sk["e]du I part, separate, L.
scindere to cleave, to split, Gr. ???, Skr. chid, and perch.
also to L. caedere to cut. [root]159. Cf. Chisel,
Concise, Schism, Sheading, Sheath, Shide.]
1. To separate; to divide. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Robert of
Brunne.
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2. To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self;
to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour
forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed
tears; the clouds shed rain.
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Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood? --Shak.
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Twice seven consenting years have shed
Their utmost bounty on thy head. --Wordsworth.
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3. To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair,
feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers;
serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.
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4. To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight
roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
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5. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. [R.] "Her hair . .
. is shed with gray." --B. Jonson.
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6. (Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a
shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
[1913 Webster]Shedding \Shed"ding\, n.
1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out;
as, the shedding of blood.
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2. That which is shed, or cast off. [R.] --Wordsworth.
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load-shedding
(wn) | load-shedding
n 1: cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the
demand becomes greater than the supply |
bikeshedding
(jargon) | bikeshedding
[originally BSD, now common] Technical disputes over minor, marginal issues
conducted while more serious ones are being overlooked. The implied image
is of people arguing over what color to paint the bicycle shed while the
house is not finished.
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