SHED

Definitions for the word, shed

(imp. & p. p.) of Shed

(n.) A parting; a separation; a division.

(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.

(n.) That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.

(n.) The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.

(n.) 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.

(v. i.) To fall in drops; to pour.

(v. i.) To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.

(v. t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

(v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To separate; to divide.

(v. t.) To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.