shedding (root: shed)

Verb (usu participle)

shed=ding

WORDNET DICTIONARY

shedding(n = noun.process) sloughing - the process whereby something is shed;

has particulars: abscission, ecdysis, molt, molting, moult, moulting

is a kind of biological process, organic process

Derived form verb shed₄

shedding(n = noun.phenomenon) desquamation, peeling - loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales;

is a kind of organic phenomenon

shedding, n.

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood. [1913 Webster]
That which is shed, or cast off. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]