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Shed   /ʃɛd/   Listen
verb
Shed  v. t.  (past & past part. shed; pres. part. shedding)  
1.
To separate; to divide. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)
2.
To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. "Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?" "Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head."
3.
To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.
4.
To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
5.
To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. (R.) "Her hair... is shed with gray."
6.
(Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.


Shed  v. i.  (past & past part. shed; pres. part. shedding)  
1.
To fall in drops; to pour. (Obs.) "Such a rain down from the welkin shadde."
2.
To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. "White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand."


noun
Shed  n.  
1.
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. "The first Aletes born in lowly shed." "Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel."
2.
(Aeronautics) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.


Shed  n.  
1.
A parting; a separation; a division. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) "They say also that the manner of making the shed of newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a javelin came up then likewise."
2.
The act of shedding or spilling; used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
3.
That which parts, divides, or sheds; used in composition, as in watershed.
4.
(Weaving) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.





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"Shed" Quotes from Famous Books



... twins, after describing how they were ill simultaneously up to the age of fifteen, adds, that they shed their first milk-teeth within a few ...
— Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development • Francis Galton
... rejoiced in the victory of Waterloo—no one was more elated by the prospect of its glorious results: for the restoration of the monarchy he was most willing to shed the last drop of his blood. But not such was the manner in which he had hoped to see it take place ; he had hoped it would have been more spontaneous, and the work of the French themselves to overthrow the usurpation. He felt, ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 3 • Madame D'Arblay
... list of the cruel-looking river's victims. Standing there, with one hand on the rough rail, and staring with fascinated eyes on the dull muddy water, she does not hear a step behind her. The shadow of a man, who has apparently followed her, glides from behind the bathing-shed, and stealing down to the woman on the verge of the stream, lays a delicate white hand on her shoulder. She turns with a startled cry, and Kitty Marchurst and Gaston Vandeloup are looking into one another's eyes. Kitty's charming face is worn and pallid, and the hand which clutches ...
— Madame Midas • Fergus Hume
... they confessed themselves as frankly baffled and ignorant as I. Archer knew nothing, and all that Miss Harris could say was that an old allusion her grandfather, Dutee Harris, had heard of might have shed a little light. The old seaman, who had survived his son Welcome's death in battle by two years, had not himself known the legend, but recalled that his earliest nurse, the ancient Maria Robbins, seemed darkly aware of something that might have lent a weird ...
— The Shunned House • Howard Phillips Lovecraft
... two yelling and dancing lads in the road, the old farmer made for the shed, and it was seen that he had a ...
— Frank Merriwell at Yale • Burt L. Standish


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