shed
Plural: sheds
Noun
- an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- A distinction or dividing-line.
- A parting in the hair.
- The top of the head.
- An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
- An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
- Alternative form of woodshed.
Verb
Verb Forms: shedded, shedding, sheds
- To house or store something in a small, simple structure.
- get rid of
- "he shed his image as a pushy boss"
- "shed your clothes"
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- "shed tears"
- "God shed His grace on Thee"
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- "our dog sheds every Spring"
- To part, separate or divide.
- To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
- To pour; to make flow.
- To allow to flow or fall.
- To radiate, cast, give off (light).
- To pour forth, give off, impart.
- To fall in drops; to pour.
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
- To woodshed.
Adjective
- shed at an early stage of development
Examples
- A metal comb shed her golden hair.
- A tarpaulin sheds water.
- Can you shed any light on this problem?
- garden shed
- He hoped his opponent would SHED a low-scoring word, leaving the board open for a bonus play.
- I didn't shed many tears when he left me.
- to shed light on
- To shed something in two.
- To shed the sheep from the lambs.
- wagon shed
- We are shed with each other by an enormous distance.
- When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.
- wood shed
- You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between; remove from association or companionship; distinguish, discriminate, decide, determine, appoint; shatter, shed; expound; decree; write down; differ”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (compare West Frisian skiede, Dutch and German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, divide, separate”), from *skey-.
See also Irish scian (“knife”), Lithuanian skėsti (“to spread”), ski̇́esti (“to separate”), Old Church Slavonic цѣдити (cěditi, “to filter, strain”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”), Old Armenian ցտեմ (cʻtem, “to scratch”), Sanskrit च्यति (cyáti, “he cuts off”)). Related to shoad, shit, sheath.
Synonyms
caducous, cast, cast off, disgorge, drop, exuviate, molt, moult, pour forth, shake off, slough, spill, throw, throw away, throw off, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, hooptie, jalopy, junker, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, tin Lizzie, wreck
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
shed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary