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shed¹ Definition

shed (s̸hed)

noun

  1. a small, rough building or lean-to, used for shelter or storage, as a workshop, etc.
  2. a large, strongly built, barnlike or hangarlike structure, often with open front or sides

Etymology: < ME shadde, var. of shade < OE scead, shelter, protection, shade

shed² Definition

shed (s̸hed)

transitive verb shed, shed·ding

  1. to pour out; give off; emit
  2. to cause to flow in a stream or fall in drops to shed tears
  3. to send forth or spread about; radiate; diffuse; impart to shed confidence
  4. to cause to flow off without penetrating; repel oilskin sheds water
    1. to cast off or lose (a natural growth or covering, as leaves, skin, hair, etc.)
    2. to get rid of (something unwanted) to shed a few pounds

Etymology: ME scheden < OE sceadan, to separate, distinguish, akin to Ger scheiden, to cut, separate: for IE base see sheath

intransitive verb

  1. to shed a natural growth or covering, as hair
  2. to drop off or fall out: said of leaves, seeds, etc.

noun

  1. a ridge of high ground; specif., watershed
  2. an opening in the warp threads of a loom for the shuttle to pass through

Etymology: ME schede, division

shed² Idioms

shed blood

to kill in a violent or bloody way

shed Synonyms

shed

n.

shed Synonyms

shed

v.

drop, let fall, send forth, give forth, shower down, cast, molt, exuviate, slough, discard, exude, emit, scatter, sprinkle.

shed Usage Examples

Object

  • tear: Her tears shed for her son watered the ground wherever she prayed.
  • light: Can anyone shed any light on what, to me, is an anomaly?
  • pound: Its time to shed some pounds with the weight loss advisor!
  • blood: Removing of unwanted material from shed blood is a definite advantage.
  • load: Brian I might need you to order me a small shed load of dry ice!
  • allocation: Her first shed allocation was Salisbury, where she worked the south western main line.

Converse of object

  • overcrowd: Broilers live inside dark, filthy and overcrowded factory farm sheds.
  • weave: It is now ready for the spinning rooms, Then onto the winding rooms and finally to weaving sheds.

Adjective modifier

  • windowless: Filming at the Bernard Matthews plant took place inside one of its huge, windowless sheds at Weston Longville.
  • wooden: If possible avoid wooden sheds for storage of items of value.

Adjective complement

adjoining: July 18 th 1896 The Three Tuns, Glemsford, has been burnt down together with a fiber shed adjoining.

Noun used with modifier

  • garden: Dan Gray even makes money from a site which specializes in DIY garden sheds!
  • locomotive: Camden, Willesden, Cricklewood - areas of north west London famed for their busy steam locomotive sheds.
  • cattle: There is parking for three cars and well behaved pets are accepted by arrangement, as there are cattle sheds around the cottage.
  • cart: I am sure there will be many binders left now retired in cart sheds throughout the land.
  • carriage: A number of them have substantial gardens at the rear and carriage sheds and stables at one side.
  • DIY: Dan Gray even makes money from a site which specializes in DIY garden sheds!

Used with why or when

  • which: A ' Tramshed Supporters Club ' was set up in 1978 to protect the shed which by then housed a theater of some note.
  • where: Number 8 is safely stored at the rear of the engine shed where work continues to bring it into operation.

Preposition: in

feces: Using PCR, bowel cancer can now be detected from the DNA of cells shed in the feces.

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