Lexic.us

Definition of Shed

1. Adjective. Shed at an early stage of development. "The caducous calyx of a poppy"

2. Verb. Get rid of. "Shed your clothes"

3. Noun. An outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage.

4. Verb. Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities. "God shed His grace on Thee"

5. Verb. Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over. "Spill the beans all over the table"

6. Verb. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. "Our dog sheds every Spring"

Definition of Shed

1. n. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

2. v. t. To separate; to divide.

3. v. i. To fall in drops; to pour.

4. n. A parting; a separation; a division.

5. n. A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

Definition of Shed

1. Verb. (transitive archaic) To part or divide. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive archaic) To pour; to make flow. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To allow to flow or fall. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light). ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To pour forth, give off, impart. ¹

6. Verb. (ambitransitive) To cast off, to let fall, be divested of. ¹

7. Noun. (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven. ¹

8. Noun. (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line. ¹

9. Noun. (obsolete) A parting in the hair. ¹

10. Noun. (obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it. ¹

11. Noun. A small, typically wooden or corrugated metal, construction to store tools, bicycles, etc. ¹

12. Noun. (British derogatory informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shed

1. to house in a shed (a small, low structure) [v SHEDDED, SHEDDING, SHEDS]

Medical Definition of Shed

1. 1. To fall in drops; to pour. "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) 1. To separate; to divide. 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. "Her hair . . . Is shed with gray." 6. To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. Origin: OE. Scheden, schden, to pour, to part, AS. Scadan, sceadan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS. Skan, OFries. Sktha, G. Scheiden, OHG. Sceidan, Goth. Skaidan, and probably to Lith. Skedu I part, separate, L. Scindere to cleave, to split, Gr, Skr. Chid, and perch. Also to L. Caedere to cut. Cf. Chisel, Concise, Schism, Sheading, Sheath, Shide. 1. A parting; a separation; a division. "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. 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. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually 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) Origin: The same word as shade. See Shade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shed

sheaving shebander shebang shebangs shebean shebeans shebeen shebeened shebeens sheboon

shechinah shechinahs shechita shechitas shed (current term) shed a tear shed blood shed light on shed light upon shed load

shed loads shed roof shed roofs shed rooves shed tears shedable sheddable shedded shedder

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