It is deciduous - shedding its leaves after the dry season.

The old one was shedding after forty thousand years in the ice.

It's also the time to shed bad feelings after a strikeout or another Cubs loss.

Lanugo hair will invariably be shed by three to four months after birth.

Even so, they shed only about 12 pounds after four years, or 4 percent of their initial weight.

Watson's wartime accounts shed reality to the life of a soldier after battle.

This year, Ward shed no tears after his most challenging campaign ended with a championship.

The next day, when we left the goat shed after our secret breakfast, Uncle was waiting for us by the compound gate.

The reluctance to hire has been particularly high at manufacturing companies, which shed about 2.7 million jobs during and after the recession of 2001.

But other industries have also been shedding workers, especially after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.