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shed

2  [shed] verb, shed, shed⋅ding, noun
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–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
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,
a. to cause blood to flow.
b. to kill by violence; slaughter.
Origin:
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.
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shed 1   (shěd)   
v.   shed, shed·ding, sheds

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to pour forth: shed tears.

  2. To diffuse or radiate; send forth or impart: shed light.

  3. To repel without allowing penetration: A duck's feathers shed water.

    1. To lose by natural process: a snake shedding its skin.

    2. To rid oneself of (something not wanted or needed): I shed 25 pounds as a result of my new diet.

v.   intr.

  1. To lose a natural growth or covering by natural process.

  2. To pour forth, fall off, or drop out: All the leaves have shed.

n.  

  1. Something that sheds, especially an elevation in the earth's surface from which water flows in two directions; a watershed.

  2. Something that has been shed.


[Middle English sheden, to separate, shed, from Old English scēadan, to divide; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

shed blood

Also, spill blood. Wound or kill someone, especially violently. For example, It was a bitter fight but fortunately no blood was shed, or A great deal of blood has been spilled in this family feud. Both of these terms allude to causing blood to flow and fall on the ground. The first dates from the 1200s. The variant amplifies the verb spill, which from about 1300 to 1600 by itself meant "slay" or "kill"; it was first recorded about 1125.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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