Etymology : Middle English, to divide, separate, from Old English scEadan; akin to Old High German skeidan to separate, Latin scindere to split, cleave, Greek schizein to split
Pronunciation : 'shed
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. small simple building used for storage or shelter. pour, cause a liquid to flow; let fall; strip, remove; scatter, spread; radiate, emit; repel; discard. shed\shed\ , n. [the same word as shade. see:
shade.] a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. the first aletes born in lowly shed. sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel.shed \shed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. shed; p. pr. & vb. n. shedding.] [oe. scheden, sch den, to pour, to part, as. scādan, sce?dan, to pert, to separate; akin to os. sk an, ofries. sk tha, g. scheiden, ohg. sceidan, goth. skaidan, and probably to lith. skëdu i part, separate, l. scindere to cleave, to split, gr. , skr. chid, and perch. also to l. caedere to cut. ?159. cf. chisel, concise, schism, sheading, sheath, shide.].
2. to separate; to divide. [obs. or prov. eng.].
3. 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. did romeo's hand shed tybalt's blood? twice seven consenting years have shed their utmost bounty on thy head.
4. 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.
5. to cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
6. to sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. [r.] "her hair is shed with gray." jonson.
7. (weaving) to divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.shed \shed\, v. i.
8. to fall in drops; to pour. [obs.] such a rain down from the welkin shadde.
9. to let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. white oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand.shed \shed\, n.
10. a parting; a separation; a division. [obs. or prov. eng.] they say also that the manner of making the shed of newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a javelin came up then likewise. t. north.
11. the act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
12. that which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.
13. (weaving) the passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.shed \shed\, n. (aëronautics) a covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.shed (biology) shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" [syn: caducous] [ant: persistent] an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage v.
14. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss" [syn: cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away , drop].
15. pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "god shed his grace on thee" [syn: spill, pour forth].
16. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: spill, disgorge].
17. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals [syn: molt, exuviate, moult, slough]shed segmented hypergraphics editor (ms, windows, adt).
18. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.
19. To separate; to divide.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
23. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
24. To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
25. To fall in drops; to pour.
26. To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.
27. A parting; a separation; a division.
28. The act of shedding or spilling; used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
29. That which parts, divides, or sheds; used in composition, as in watershed.
30. The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.
31. A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar. an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring" get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes".
32. The form shed is used in the present tense and in the past tense and past participle of the verb.
33. A shed is a small building that is used for storing things such as garden tools. a garden shed.
34. A shed is a large shelter or building, for example at a railway station, port, or factory. disused railway sheds.
35. When a tree sheds its leaves, its leaves fall off in the autumn. When an animal sheds hair or skin, some of its hair or skin drops off. Some of the trees were already beginning to shed their leaves.
36. To shed something means to get rid of it. The firm is to shed 700 jobs.
37. If a lorry sheds its load, the goods that it is carrying accidentally fall onto the road. A lorry piled with scrap metal had shed its load.
38. If you shed tears, you cry. They will shed a few tears at their daughter's wedding.
39. To shed blood means to kill people in a violent way. If someone sheds their blood, they are killed in a violent way, usually when they are fighting in a war. Gunmen in Ulster shed the first blood of the new year.
40. to shed light on something: see:
light.
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