shed

Pluralsheds

Formssheds, shedding, shed

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A small building used to store tools or to keep things out of the rain.

   Like a tiny house for your tools instead of for people.

   We keep the lawnmower in the shed behind the house.

   Dad built a wooden shed for his garden tools.

   Similarhut, shack, outbuilding, lean-to

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2. 2
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To let something fall away from you or get rid of it, like leaves or skin.

   Like a snake leaving its old skin behind.

   Snakes shed their skin when they grow bigger.

   He decided to shed his heavy coat in the warm room.

   Similarlose, drop, cast, cut

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To give off light or send it out from a source.

   Like the sun spreading light across a room.

   The lamp sheds a soft glow over the desk.

   Candles shed enough light to read by.

   Similarcast, throw, emit, radiate, spread

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To let a liquid flow or fall.

   Like crying, when tears fall from your eyes.

   She shed tears at the sad news.

   Soldiers shed blood to protect their homeland.

   Similarspill, weep

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A big open building where goods are received and kept.

   Like a big covered space where deliveries wait before being sorted.

   Trucks dropped their loads at the big shed by the docks.

   We stored the harvest in the open shed near the barn.

   Similarwarehouse, depot, storehouse

6. 6
   verbdialectalUKtransitive

   To split or divide something into separate parts.

   Like parting your hair into two sides with a comb.

   Comb the hair and shed it neatly down the middle.

   The shepherd shed the lambs from the ewes.

   Similardivide, separate, part, split

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7. 7
   verbtransitive

   To sprinkle or scatter something over a surface.

   Like sprinkling salt over your food.

   She shed sugar over the warm cake.

   Workers shed gravel along the icy path.

   Similarsprinkle, scatter, spread, strew

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8. 8
   nounderogatorycolloquialBritishcountable

   A car that is old, slow, and falling apart.

   Like an old toy car with wobbly wheels and parts that fall off.

   That rusty old shed barely makes it up the hill.

   He drives a shed that breaks down every week.

   Similarwreck, clunker, banger, junker, lemon

9. 9
   nouncolloquialBritishcountable

   A kind of large diesel engine that pulls trains in Britain.

   Like the big, strong engine that pulls a long line of train cars.

   A long line of coal wagons rolled behind the shed.

   Railfans gathered to watch the shed pull into the yard.

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10. 10
    nounslang

    Alternative form of woodshed. Among musicians, a private place to practice hard.

    She spent hours in the shed working on her scales.

    After a week in the shed, his solos sounded sharp.

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