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noun

a slight or rude structure built for shelter, storage, etc.

a large, strongly built structure, often open at the sides or end.

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Origin:
1475–85; variant of shade

Related forms

shed·like, adjective

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Tears shed because of exposure to a cut onion would contain no such substance.

Today's economic downturn has shed light on why ensuring data control, quality and efficiency is critical.

The study of living things may shed light on urban planning.

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Tears shed because of exposure to a cut onion would contain no such substance.

Today's economic downturn has shed light on why ensuring data control, quality and efficiency is critical.

The study of living things may shed light on urban planning.

Snakes add a new rattle segment each time they shed.

Lizards will often shed their tails to escape a predator.

No matter what you do, the tree is going to shed needles destined to become lodged in the bottom of your foot.

Maunu's attention turned to a small former horse shed near the pool, which until then had seemed best suited for storage.

If the shed goes well, the skin releases in a single piece, as shown below.

But the continuing economic crisis has led to a new urgency on the part of some public colleges to shed more of.

Shed a thought, though, of whence this economic strength.

During the more moderate summer season goats shed this coat.

Several studies shed light on where aggression comes from and how it can be controlled.

After a few weeks, they shed their fancy gear and learn to live without.

Blue-green pots on the patio provide a cool counterpoint to a red trellis on the shed wall.

To grow, young tarantulas shed their carapace several times each year, leaving behind a near-perfect record of their old selves.

Chill out and shed typical western ethnocentrism and you will enjoy it here.

Spare a thought and shed a tear, though, for those working in insurance.

Only the males have antlers which they shed and regrow each year.

They attain a maximum unsustainable size and shed a portion of themselves.

The fossil may shed new light on that evolutionary question.

Hide recycling bins and trash cans in this simple lean-to shed.

It's hard to shed light on matters when you feel as if you are working in the dark yourself.

And the comparison can shed light on the role of the wealthy in society.

Solving moon mysteries could also shed light on the history of the solar system.

First dino footprints found in the region shed light on sauropod herding behavior.

And the taper shed gold upon its sheen, and lo, at the side of the one there stood a babe.

Redwood lattice battens and a shed roof create the rustic ranch-house look.

Perhaps a cross-cultural perspective can shed some light on this issue.

Their banks operated far from where the blood was being shed.

Fur, wool, or down-don't shed your winter coat anytime soon.

Quantum nonsense: clarification of some words might shed light on the silly stuff.

Around the same time, a cardinal had discovered himself in an old mirror we'd left leaning against a little shed outside.

Greenery and a garden shed creates a sheltering screen.

Have no idea, please shed some light on the subject for me.

It was nonetheless the first time the economy has shed jobs in over two years.

On shore the blocks are slid up a ramp and onto a horse-drawn sled that ferries the blocks of ice to the ice shed.

The culprit was the beautiful mono cultural timber plantations whose shed leaves poisoned the surface waters of local streams.

Any research that can shed light on how to work with people so affected would be a big help.

She created three outdoor rooms: a living area, a shed office, and a dining space.

Frankly, this talk didn't shed any information that would keep me on the edge of my seat.

Companies were able to shed staff while improving productivity in the remaining labour force.

Office workers are encouraged to shed their business suits in favor of sandals, khakis, and pedal pushers.

Refining theories of lunar geology may help to shed light on the moon's origins and evolution.

Learn about simple machines while playing in the apple shed.

The discovery could lead to better brain studies and eventually shed light on why our mental geography includes an uncanny valley.

Now scientists have shed new light on how these magnificent beasts came to be controlled by humans.

Archaeopteryx have been highly prized for their potential to shed light on the origin of birds.

Such studies of human movement could also shed light on the spread of disease and the origins of local dialects.

Scientific study could shed new light on the interactions.

The younger cats eat it exclusively and have the best fur and hardly shed.

The young insects eventually climb onto shore, shed their hard skin, and dry their new wings for an hour or two.

In the past months, two independent groups may have finally shed some light on the mystery.

Other group members have already shed their costumes in favor of their street clothes.

Scientists have shed new light on how these structures melt.

Not getting enough shut-eye could be interfering with your ability to shed unwanted pounds.

And antlers are shed and regrown each year while horns are not shed at all.

The new findings could shed light on how other deadly pathogens operate.

It took a year, working night and day in a shed in his back garden, to find the secret of bringing noodles back to life.

People who experience sensory cross talk shed light on brain wiring.

Embers and scraps of molten bronze skitter onto the concrete floor of an open-air shed housing the furnace.

Bright and airy, this backyard shed and greenhouse is a space any gardener would love.

Boston, long known as a minefield for bicycle riders, is feverishly working to shed that reputation by creating bike lanes.

Can anyone with experience shed some light on this issue or direct me to an example.

Other findings shed some light on the still-mysterious processes of shark breeding and mating behavior.

Get ideas for your own garden shed from pictures of a great handmade shed made from recycled materials.

The advancements in the sport are a thing to make any geek shed a tear of delight.

Bloomberg had already shed some of his accent anyway.

But a summer holiday can also be an opportunity to shed weight.

Her wounds indicate shed also been attacked by a shark.

Sequences of two species shed light on corals' response to stress and disease.

The interior of the shed has a clean, open layout, inspired.

Kelly said he's heard from customers who were pleased to have an option to shed their cards.

Satellite images shed light on the trajectory of the oil and the current.

The students, while nice, aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.

It wants to shed its reputation for bungling and heavy-handedness.

The resulting footage has shed light on rarely seen mating behavior, captured on film perhaps for the first time.

Get tricks for turning a run-down shed into a soothing backyard bathhouse and.

You're under no legal obligation to wear a pedometer or shed pounds.

To restore confidence, hedge funds have tried to shed their reputation for being fly-by-night operations.

The finding could shed light on the still poorly understood formation of stars.

Billed as an exposé, the video does little to shed light on the cloning controversy, according to its makers' own admissions.

Now and then, a little more balanced light should be shed on our colleges and universities.

Though it may need crutches, it will shed its leaves in autumn and bloom again next spring.

After three decades of international isolation, the nation works to shed its outlaw image.

Continuing research could shed light on addiction and compulsive behavior.

See how a writer turned a backyard shed into a home office retreat.

The results, she said, should shed light on whether such scholarships work particularly well for certain student populations.

But though the mesocosms may shed light on the fate of the pteropods, the outlook for the salmon will remain conjectural.

The discovery may shed light on how some prehistoric fish species evolved into land.

Now new findings shed further light on why the disease is so hard to control.

So the survey included special questions for non-users, to shed some more light on the subject.

The discovery may shed light on how early human ancestors survived.

In a country seeking to shed the scars of civil war, the ritual killings cause outrage.

Reconstructing the diet of extinct human species can help shed light on our evolutionary history.

One is that string theory has failed to shed light on the.

Lightly filtered shade is cast by intricate canopy of twigs rather than by tiny leaves, which are shed early.

Unable to shed staff, firms give employees meaningless jobs instead, to try to nudge them out.

Female lobsters only mate right after they shed their shell.

Ultimately, understanding how a bird learns a song might shed some light on how humans learn a language or a skill by imitation.

The point is that in putting on a uniform and going to war, a soldier grows skin that he does not shed lightly.

But the tables shed less light on the quality of the service being offered.

Until now this discrepancy has shed doubt on researchers' ability to predict future global warming.

It helps if they're pollenless, so they don't shed on your furniture and carpet.

It does, however, shed light on the kind of guidance many of our students need.

Many shed businesses that they had bought only a few years before in their headlong rush to be a conglomerate.

The results could shed new light on an animal that is rarely seen outside the darkness of the deep.

The gabled second-floor addition replaces a shallow shed roof.

The rise of online social networks, with their troves of data, might shed some light on these matters.

The study also finds that people who are overweight can take some easy steps to shed pounds.

New research may shed light on the stellar explosions used as cosmic mileposts.

The virus is not shed through the lungs, as with chicken pox proper.

As industry and banking shed jobs, dull old farming acquires fresh.

Its design is based on the mechanism used by pine cones to shed their seeds.

Two recent discoveries have shed new light on the source of diversity in the human population.

I, for one, won't shed a tear or give it a second thought.

The light shed by incandescent bulbs was bright, white and steady.

As they near death, the stars shed layers of material into space, creating shells around themselves.

Curiosity may help shed some light on all-important methane.

Remove soil and scrub out pots, then store in a dry shed or a garage.

Rather, they are produced by bits of dusty debris shed by orbiting comets and asteroids.

Weeds are part of the biodiversity and add organic matter to the soil when they shed leaves and eventually die.

Lawrence came up with a simple shingle-and-plywood shed on a concrete slab, with five major spaces facing the.

Messenger's instruments should help settle the question and shed more light on the early history of the solar system.

The findings could shed light on our own evolutionary origins, researchers said.

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verb (used with object)

to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.

to emit and let fall, as tears.

to impart or release; give or send forth (light, sound, fragrance, influence, etc.).

to resist being penetrated or affected by: cloth that sheds water.

to cast off or let fall (leaves, hair, feathers, skin, shell, etc.) by natural process.

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Textiles. to separate (the warp) in forming a shed.

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verb (used without object)

to fall off, as leaves.

to drop out, as hair, seed, grain, etc.

to cast off hair, feathers, skin, or other covering or parts by natural process.

noun

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.

Idiom

11.

shed blood,

to cause blood to flow.

to kill by violence; slaughter.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English s(c)hed(d)en (v.), Old English scēadan, variant of sceādan; cognate with German scheiden to divide

Related forms

shed·a·ble, shed·da·ble, adjective

non·shed·ding, adjective

un·shed·ding, adjective

Synonyms
3. emit, radiate, effuse, spread. 4. repel. 9. molt.

contraction of she had.

contraction of she would.

Usage note
See contraction.

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World English Dictionary

shed¹ (ʃɛd)

—n
1.	a small building or lean-to of light construction, used for storage, shelter, etc
2.	a large roofed structure, esp one with open sides, used for storage, repairing locomotives, sheepshearing, etc
3.	a large retail outlet in the style of a warehouse
4.	(NZ) another name for freezing works
5.	(NZ) in the shed at work

—vb , sheds, shedding, shedded
6.	(NZ) (tr) to store (hay or wool) in a shed

[Old English sced; probably variant of scead shelter, shade]

'shedlike¹

—*adj*

shed² (ʃɛd)

—vb , sheds, shedding, shed
1.	to pour forth or cause to pour forth: to shed tears; shed blood
2.	shed light on, shed light upon, throw light on, throw light upon to clarify or supply additional information about
3.	to cast off or lose: the snake shed its skin; trees shed their leaves
4.	(of a lorry) to drop (its load) on the road by accident
5.	to abolish or get rid of (jobs, workers, etc)
6.	to repel: this coat sheds water
7.	(also intr) (in weaving) to form an opening between (the warp threads) in order to permit the passage of the shuttle
8.	dialect (tr) to make a parting in (the hair)

—n
9.	(in weaving) the space made by shedding
10.	short for watershed
11.	chiefly (Scot) a parting in the hair

[Old English sceadan; related to Gothic skaidan, Old High German skeidan to separate; see sheath]

'shedable²

—*adj*

'sheddable²

—*adj*

shed³ (ʃɛd)

—vb , sheds, shedding, shed
1.	(tr) to separate or divide off (some farm animals) from the remainder of a group: a good dog can shed his sheep in a matter of minutes

—n
2.	(of a dog) the action of separating farm animals

[from shed²]

'shedding³

—n

shed⁴ (ʃɛd)

—n
	physics a former unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10^--52 square metre

[C20: from shed¹; so called by comparison to barn² because of its smaller size]

she'd (ʃiːd)

—*contraction of*
	she had or she would

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Word Origin & History

shed

"building for storage," 1481, shadde, possibly a variant of shade (q.v.).

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shed

"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.

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