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Entry 14 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Shed

/(shĕd)/ · IPA /ʃɛd/
01 n. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon sh…
  1. 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.” — Fairfax.
    “Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel.” — Sandys.
  2. 2.
    A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.(Aeronautics)
02 v. t. To separate; to divide.
imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shedding
  1. 1.
    To separate; to divide.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  2. 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?” — Shak.
    “Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head.” — Wordsworth.
  3. 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. 4.
    To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
  5. 5.
    To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.[R.]
  6. 6.
    To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.(Weaving)
03 v. i. To fall in drops; to pour.
  1. 1.
    To fall in drops; to pour.[Obs.]
    “Such a rain down from the welkin shadde.” — Chaucer.
  2. 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.” — Mortimer.
04 n. A parting; a separation; a division.
  1. 1.
    A parting; a separation; a division.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
    “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.” — Sir T. North.
  2. 2.
    The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
  3. 3.
    That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.
  4. 4.
    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.(Weaving)