shed

verb

1. 1

   To part, separate or divide.

   to shed something in two

   to shed the sheep from the lambs

   A metal comb shed her golden hair.

   We are shed with each other by an enormous distance.

2. 2

   To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.

   You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.

   When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.

   White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand.

   She called on all the marathoners to go to Staten Island to help with the clean-up effort and to bring the clothes they would have shed at the start to shelters or other places where displaced people were in need.

3. 3

   archaicTo pour; to make flow.

   Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?

4. 4

   To allow to flow or fall.

   I didn't shed many tears when he left me.

   A tarpaulin sheds water.

   The crash occurred in a steep-sided cutting lined with self-seeded deciduous trees that were shedding their leaves, following unusually heavy rain and high winds in the 12 hours beforehand.

5. 5

   To radiate, cast, give off (light).

   to shed light on

   Can you shed any light on this problem?

   What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.

6. 6

   obsoleteTo pour forth, give off, impart.

   Sence now that he by the right honde of god exalted is, and hath receaved off the father the promys off the holy goost, he hath sheed forthe that which ye nowe se and heare.

7. 7

   obsoleteTo fall in drops; to pour.

8. 8

   To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

   Her hair […] is shed with gray.

9. 9

   To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

noun

1. 1

   An opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.

   Open the shed. Working in the direction that the shuttle will travel, insert the pick-up stick under the first 8 warp ends (including both lifted and lowered ends) and under the last 9 ends, passing through the open shed in between.

2. 2

   obsoleteA distinction or dividing-line.

3. 3

   obsoleteA parting in the hair.

4. 4

   obsoleteThe top of the head.

5. 5

   An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

noun

1. 1

   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.

   wagon shed

   wood shed

   garden shed

   There are numerous sheds in the now grass-grown yard, most of which now house threshing machines and farm carts instead of locomotives and rolling stock, although [in] the roofs of some are gaping holes.

2. 2

   A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.

3. 3

   informalAn automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.

4. 4

   informalA British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

   Never saw that but we did stand and watch a pair of Sheds (156 and 165) speed north on a loaded steel.

5. 5

   A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.

6. 6

   Variant of woodshedslangAlternative form of woodshed.

verb

1. 1

   To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.

   On the Dava line, apart from the banking assistance given by the 4-4-0s, the traffic is handled by the standard class "5" 4-6-0s, known among the drivers as "Hikers"; these engines are shedded at Inverness and Perth.

   As these [diesel] trains have to be shedded under cover at night, four additional outdoor standage roads are being provided for stabling of electric rolling stock after inspection in the shed.

   Three 14XX class 0-4-2Ts were allocated to Bath Road for the Clevedon branch and one was sub-shedded at Yatton for a week at a time, during which period it amassed an aggregate mileage of nearly 1,400 miles.

2. 2

   To woodshed.

Forms

plural

sheds

past tense

shedded

past participle

shedded

present participle

shedding

third person singular

sheds