Shed definition
A duck's feathers shed water.
I shed 25 pounds as a result of my new diet.
To shed tears.
Oilskin sheds water.
An example of to shed is crying tears.
An example of to shed is when a cat loses some of its hair when the weather starts to get warmer.
An example of a shed is where people store their garden tools.
A lamp that sheds a lot of light.
A tree shedding its leaves; a snake shedding its skin; a dog shedding its hair.
The cats are shedding now.
To shed a few pounds.
You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.
When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.
A wagon shed; a wood shed; a garden shed.
- To wound or kill in a violent manner.
- To be wounded or killed:
- To wound someone or take someone's life, especially with violence.
- to kill in a violent or bloody way
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of shed
- 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
- 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
- Old English scÄ“ad, from Germanic. Cognate with German Scheitel "˜hair parting'.
From Wiktionary
- Variant of shade.
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