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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.
EXPANDto cast off or let fall (leaves, hair, feathers, skin, shell, etc.) by natural process.
6.
COLLAPSETextiles. 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.
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Shedding
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
noun
Idiom10.
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,
a.
to cause blood to flow.
b.
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
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.
3. emit, radiate, effuse, spread. 4. repel. 9. molt.
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Word Origin & History
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,
EXPANDseparate, 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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