 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shed
adjective: shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have
caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" [syn:
{caducous}] [ant: {persistent}]
noun: an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or
storage
verb
1: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
clothes" [syn: {cast}, {cast off}, {shake off}, {throw},
{throw off}, {throw away}, {drop}]
2: pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or
small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed
His grace on Thee" [syn: {spill}, {pour forth}]
3: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or
over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: {spill},
{disgorge}]
4: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
Spring" [syn: {molt}, {exuviate}, {moult}, {slough}]
[also: {shedding}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shed \Shed\ (sh[e^]d), noun [The same word as shade. See {Shade}.]
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. --Fairfax.
Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. --Sandys.
2. (A["e]ronautics) A covered structure for housing aircraft;
a hangar.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shed \Shed\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shed \Shed\, verb (used without an object)
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shed \Shed\, noun
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "shed":
Nissen hut, Quonset hut, abandon, addition, booth, cashier, cast,
cast off, cote, crib, defoliate, desquamate, discard, discharge,
divest, dock, doff, drop, emanate, emit, exude, exuviate,
flake off, focus, gatehouse, hangar, housing, hut, hutch, impart,
jettison, junk, kiosk, lean-to, let fall, molt, ooze, outbuilding,
outhouse, pavilion, peel off, pen, penthouse, pour forth, radiate,
reject, release, scatter, scrap, sentry box, shack, shanty,
shelter, shine, slip, slough, spill, spread, stall, structure,
take off, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, tollbooth,
tollhouse, weep
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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