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shed
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[shed] 
–noun
| 1. | a slight or rude structure built for shelter, storage, etc. |
| 2. | a large, strongly built structure, often open at the sides or end. |
shed
2 [shed] verb, shed, shed⋅ding, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain. |
| 2. | to emit and let fall, as tears. |
| 3. | to impart or release; give or send forth (light, sound, fragrance, influence, etc.). |
| 4. | to resist being penetrated or affected by: cloth that sheds water. |
| 5. | to cast off or let fall (leaves, hair, feathers, skin, shell, etc.) by natural process. |
| 6. | Textiles. to separate (the warp) in forming a shed. |
–verb (used without object)
| 7. | to fall off, as leaves. |
| 8. | to drop out, as hair, seed, grain, etc. |
| 9. | to cast off hair, feathers, skin, or other covering or parts by natural process. |
–noun
—Idiom| 10. | Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick. |
| 11. | shed blood,
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Origin:
bef. 950; ME s(c)hed(d)en (v.), OE scēadan, var. of sceādan; c. G scheiden to divide
bef. 950; ME s(c)hed(d)en (v.), OE scēadan, var. of sceādan; c. G scheiden to divide
Related forms:
shed⋅a⋅ble, shed⋅da⋅ble, adjective
Synonyms:
3. emit, radiate, effuse, spread. 4. repel. 9. molt.
3. emit, radiate, effuse, spread. 4. repel. 9. molt.
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| shed 1 (shěd) v. shed, shed·ding, sheds v. tr.
[Middle English sheden, to separate, shed, from Old English scēadan, to divide; see skei- in Indo-European roots.] |
| shed 2 (shěd) n.
[Alteration of Middle English shadde, perhaps variant of shade, shade; see shade.] |
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Shed
Shed\, n. (A["e]ronautics) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.Shed
Shed\, n. [The same word as shade. See Shade.] A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. The first Aletes born in lowly shed. --Fairfax. Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. --Sandys.Shed
Shed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shedding.] [OE. scheden, sch?den, to pour, to part, AS. sc[=a]dan, sce['a]dan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS. sk??an, OFries. sk?tha, G. scheiden, OHG. sceidan, Goth. skaidan, and probably to Lith. sk["e]du I part, separate, L. scindere to cleave, to split, Gr. ???, Skr. chid, and perch. also to L. caedere to cut. [root]159. Cf. Chisel, Concise, Schism, Sheading, Sheath, Shide.]1. To separate; to divide. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Robert of Brunne. 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? --Shak. Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head. --Wordsworth. 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." --B. Jonson. 6. (Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.Shed
Shed\, v. i. 1. To fall in drops; to pour. [Obs.] Such a rain down from the welkin shadde. --Chaucer. 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. --Mortimer.Shed
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. --Sir T. North. 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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Language Translation for : shed
Spanish:
cobertizo, nave,
German:
der Schuppen,
Japanese:
小屋
shed (v.)
"cast off," O.E. sceadan, scadan "to divide, separate," strong verb (pt. scead, pp. sceadan), from P.Gmc. *skaithanan (cf. O.S. skethan, O.Fris. sketha, M.Du. sceiden, Du. scheiden, O.H.G. sceidan, Ger. scheiden, Goth. skaidan), from *skaith "divide, split," probably related to PIE base *skei- "to cut, separate, divide, part, split" (cf. Skt. chid-, Gk. skhizein, L. scindere "to split;" Lith. skedzu "I make thin, separate, divide;" O.Ir. scian "knife;" Welsh chwydu "to break open"). In ref. to animals, "to lose hair, feathers, etc." recorded from 1510.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: shed
Pronunciation: 'shed
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: shed; shed·ding
: to give off or out: as a : to lose as part of a natural process <shed the deciduous teeth> b : to discharge usually gradually from the body <shed a virus in the urine>
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