shed

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English sceadan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch scheiden, German scheiden.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to shed

Third person singular
sheds

Simple past
shed

Past participle
shed

Present participle
shedding

to shed (third-person singular simple present sheds, present participle shedding, simple past and past participle shed)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To part or divide.
    A metal comb shed her golden hair.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow.
    I have shed the blood of our enemies.
  3. (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
    I didn't shed many tears when he left me.
  4. (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off
    Can you shed any light on this problem?
  5. (transitive, intransitive) To cast off, to let fall, be divested of.
    When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.
[edit] Translations
to part or divide
to pour; to make flow
to allow to flow or fall
to radiate, cast, give off
to cast off, to let fall, be divested of
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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English scēad, from Germanic. Cognate with German Scheitel ‘hair parting’.

[edit] Noun

Singular
shed

Plural
sheds

shed (plural sheds)

  1. (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
  2. (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.
  3. (obsolete) A parting in the hair.
  4. (obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
area between upper and lower warp yarns
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[edit] Etymology 3

Variant of shade.

[edit] Noun

A typical wooden shed on an allotment in Britain

Singular
shed

Plural
sheds

shed (plural sheds)

  1. A small, typically wooden or corrugated metal, construction to store tools, bicycles, etc.
  2. (British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
small wooden construction

[edit] See also

[edit] Anagrams

  • Anagrams of dehs
  • heds
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