shedding skin
Snake's periodic undressing
Shedding skin is the natural process by which animals like snakes, lizards, and insects periodically cast off their outer layer as they grow.
The old skin peels away to reveal fresh skin beneath.
Figuratively, shedding skin suggests personal transformation or leaving behind an old identity: After the divorce, she felt like she was shedding skin.
- moltShed outer covering
- sloughBoggy ground or cast-off skin
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
exoskeleton · renewal · peeling · cicada · chrysalis · growth · regeneration · flaky · raw · tender · vulnerable · transformation · rebirth · new beginning · fresh start · turning over a new leaf · husk · crab
- reptile traitsscaly, cold-blooded, slithering, forked tongue, venomous
- snake dream meaningstransformation, rebirth, dream analysis, temptation, danger signs
- metamorphosislarval stage, pupal stage, chrysalis, cocoon, pupa
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- reinventionfresh start, starting over, new beginning, clean slate, new chapter
- escape responsesfleeing, flight, running away, escaping, escape
shedding skinwound healing
Restoration after injury
tissue regeneration · skin regeneration · skin grafting · tissue repair · scar formation
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