Shed Definition

shĕd

shedding, sheds

verb

shedding, sheds

To drop off or fall out.

Webster's New World

To cause to flow in a stream or fall in drops.

To shed tears.

Webster's New World

To cast off or lose (a natural growth or covering, as leaves, skin, hair, etc.)

Webster's New World

To take off (an article of clothing).

American Heritage

To get rid of (something unwanted)

To shed a few pounds.

Webster's New World

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Antonyms:
grow
put-on

noun

sheds

An elevation in the earth's surface from which water flows in two directions; a watershed.

American Heritage

Something, such as an exoskeleton or outer skin, that has been shed or sloughed.

American Heritage

A small, rough building or lean-to, used for shelter or storage, as a workshop, etc.

Webster's New World

A ridge of high ground; specif., watershed.

Webster's New World

An opening in the warp threads of a loom for the shuttle to pass through.

Webster's New World

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idiom

shed blood

To wound or kill in a violent manner.
To be wounded or killed:

American Heritage

shed (someone's) blood

To wound someone or take someone's life, especially with violence.

American Heritage

shed blood

to kill in a violent or bloody way

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shed

Noun

Singular:

shed

Plural:

sheds

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shed

shed blood
shed (someone's) blood
shed blood

Origin of Shed

From Middle English sheden, scheden, schoden, from Old English scÄ“adan, scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between; remove from association or companionship; distinguish, discriminate, decide, determine, appoint; shatter, shed; expound; decree; write down; differ"), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþanÄ… (cf. West Frisian skiede, Dutch/German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skÄ“i-t-, zero grade of *skeh₁i-d 'to cut' (cf. Welsh chwydu 'to break open', Lithuanian skíesti 'to separate', Old Church Slavonic чѣдити (čĕditi) 'to filter, strain', Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhizō, “to split"), Old Armenian ցտեմ (cÊ¿tem, “to scratch"), Sanskrit च्यति (chyáti) 'he cuts off'). Related to shoad; shit.

From Wiktionary
Middle English sheden to separate, shed from Old English scēadan to divide skei- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Alteration of Middle English shadde perhaps variant of shade shade shade

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English scÄ“ad, from Germanic. Cognate with German Scheitel "˜hair parting'.

From Wiktionary
Variant of shade.

From Wiktionary