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shed

UK/ʃɛd/ US/ˈʃɛd/ common informal slang uk
verb (4) noun (1) adjective (1)

verb

1.

get rid of

  • “he shed his image as a pushy boss”
  • “shed your clothes”
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2.

pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

  • “shed tears”
  • “spill blood”
  • “God shed His grace on Thee”
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3.

cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

  • “spill the beans all over the table”
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4.

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

  • “out dog sheds every Spring”
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noun

1.

an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

adjective

1.

shed at an early stage of development

  • “most amphibians have caducous gills”
  • “the caducous calyx of a poppy”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • air shed
  • bicycle shed
  • bike shed
  • boat shed
  • car shed
  • engine shed
  • garden shed
  • goods shed
  • locomotive shed
  • shed a tear
  • shed blood
  • shed light on

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