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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.

shelter, outbuilding, hut, lean-to, woodshed.

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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