Shed
Shed verb - To cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside.
Usage example: a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin
Scale and shed are semantically related in peel off in flakes topic. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a verb "Shed".
Nearby Word: shedding
How words are described
| old | old shed | old scale |
| full | full shed | full scale |
| proper | proper shed | proper scale |
| sheer | sheer shed | sheer scale |
| Other adjectives: simple, small, entire, big. | ||
Common collocations
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