Shed
Shed (shed) , noun
[The same word as shade. See Shade.]
1.
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.
The first Aletes born in lowly shed.
Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel.
2.
(Aeronautics) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.
Shed , transitive verb
[Old English scheden, sch{not transcribed}den, to pour, to part, Anglo-Saxon scādan, sceádan, to pert, to separate; akin to Old Saxon sk{not transcribed}an, OFries. sk{not transcribed}tha, German scheiden, Old High German sceidan, Gothic skaidan, and probably to Lithuanian skedu I part, separate, Latin scindere to cleave, to split, Greek {not transcribed}, Sanskrit chid, and perch. also to Latin caedere to cut. r159. Compare Chisel, Concise, Schism, Sheading, Sheath, Shide.]
1.
To separate; to divide. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — Robert of Brunne
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?
Twice seven consenting years have shed
Their utmost bounty on thy head.
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. [Rare]
Her hair... is shed with gray.
6.
(Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
Shed , intransitive verb
1.
To fall in drops; to pour. [Obsolete]
Such a rain down from the welkin shadde.
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.
Shed , noun
1.
A parting; a separation; a division. [Obsolete or Provincial English]
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.
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.
(Weaving) 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.