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shed 1  (shd)
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.
4.
a. To lose by natural process: a snake shedding its skin.
b. 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.
Idiom:
shed blood
To take life, especially with violence; kill.

[Middle English sheden, to separate, shed, from Old English scadan, to divide; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

shed 2  (shd)
n.
1. A small structure, either freestanding or attached to a larger structure, serving for storage or shelter.
2. A large low structure often open on all sides.

[Alteration of Middle English shadde, perhaps variant of shade, shade; see shade.]

shed1
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a small building or lean-to of light construction, used for storage, shelter, etc.
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a large roofed structure, esp one with open sides, used for storage, repairing locomotives, sheepshearing, etc.
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (Business / Commerce) a large retail outlet in the style of a warehouse
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) NZ another name for freezing works
5. NZ
in the shed at work
vb sheds, shedding, shedded
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) NZ to store (hay or wool) in a shed
[Old English sced; probably variant of scead shelter, shade]
shedlike  adj

shed2
vb sheds, shedding, shed (mainly tr)
1. to pour forth or cause to pour forth to shed tears shed blood
shed (or throw) light on or 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 repel this coat sheds water
6. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (also intr) (in weaving) to form an opening between (the warp threads) in order to permit the passage of the shuttle
7. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) Dialect to make a parting in (the hair)
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (in weaving) the space made by shedding
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) short for watershed
3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) Chiefly Scot a parting in the hair
[Old English sceadan; related to Gothic skaidan, Old High German skeidan to separate; see sheath]
shedable , sheddable adj

shed3
vb sheds, shedding, shed
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (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
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (of a dog) the action of separating farm animals
[from shed2]
shedding  n

shed4
n
(Physics / Atomic Physics) Physics a former unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10-52 square metre
[from shed1; so called by comparison to barn2 because of its smaller size]

shed


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