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Meaning Of Shed
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Shed
v. t.
To separate; to divide.
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 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 cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight
roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
v. t.
To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
v. t.
To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or
passageway, for the shuttle.
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.
n.
A parting; a separation; a division.
n.
The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition,
as in bloodshed.
n.
That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition,
as in watershed.
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.