Shed

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·Impf & ·p.p. of Shed.

II. Shed ·noun A parting; a separation; a division.

III. Shed ·vi To fall in drops; to Pour.

IV. Shed ·add. ·noun A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

V. Shed ·vt To Separate; to Divide.

VI. Shed ·noun That which parts, divides, or sheds;

— used in composition, as in watershed.

VII. Shed ·noun The act of shedding or spilling;

— used only in composition, as in bloodshed.

VIII. Shed ·vi To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.

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

X. Shed ·vt To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

XI. Shed ·vt To Sprinkle; to Intersperse; to Cover.

XII. Shed ·noun 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.

XIII. Shed ·noun 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.

XIV. Shed ·vt 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.

XV. Shed ·vt 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.

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