shed

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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English sheden, from Old English scēadan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþanan (cf. West Frisian skiede, Dutch/German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skēi-t-, zero grade of *skeh₁i-d 'to cut' (cf. Welsh chwydu 'to break open', Lithuanian skíesti 'to separate', Old Church Slavonic čĕditi 'to filter, strain', Ancient Greek schízein 'to split', Armenian c'tem 'to scratch', Sanskrit chyáti 'he cuts off'). Related to shit.

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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 (light).
    Can you shed any light on this problem?
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To pour forth, give off, impart.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:
      Sence now that he by the right honde of god exalted is, and hath receaved off the father the promys off the holy goost, he hath sheed forthe that which ye nowe se and heare.
  6. (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.
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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’.

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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.
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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

shed (plural sheds)

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

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin sedeō. Compare Daco-Romanian ședea, șed.

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shed

  1. to sit
  2. I sit.

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