Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense sheds, present participle sheddinglanguage note: The form shed is used in the present tense and in the past tense and past participle of the verb.
1. countable noun
A shed is a small building that is used for storing things such as garden tools.
...a garden shed.
Synonyms: hut, shack, lean-to, outhouse More Synonyms of shed
2. countable noun [usually noun NOUN]
A shed is a large shelter or building, for example at a railway station, port, or factory.
...disused railway sheds.
3. verb
When a tree sheds its leaves, its leaves fall off in the autumn. When an animal sheds hair or skin, some of its hair or skin drops off.
Some of the trees were already beginning to shed their leaves. [VERB noun]
...a snake who has shed its skin. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: drop, spill, scatter, let drop More Synonyms of shed
4. verb
To shed something means to get rid of it.
[formal]
The firm is to shed 700 jobs. [VERB noun]
He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds. [VERB noun]
...a city trying to shed its rough image. [VERB noun]
5. verb
If a lorry sheds its load, the goods that it is carrying accidentally fall onto the road.
[mainly British]
A lorry piled with scrap metal had shed its load. [VERB noun]
6. verb
If you shed tears, you cry.
They will shed a few tears at their daughter's wedding. [VERB noun]
7. verb
To shed blood means to kill people in a violent way. If someone sheds their blood, they are killed in a violent way, usually when they are fighting in a war.
[formal]
They bear responsibility for shedding the blood of innocent civilians. [VERB noun]
Others promised to 'shed our blood and sacrifice our lives to oppose the invaders'. [VERB noun]
sheddinguncountable noun [NOUNof noun]
The Pope called for a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.
8. to shed light on something
More Synonyms of shed
she'd
(ʃiːd, ʃɪd)
1.
She'd is the usual spoken form of 'she had', especially when 'had' is an auxiliary verb.
She'd rung up to discuss the party.
She would go for a swim when she'd unpacked.
2.
She'd is a spoken form of 'she would'.
She'd do anything for a bit of money.
I got the impression she'd like a word with you, sir.
shed in British English1
(ʃɛd)
noun
1.
a small building or lean-to of light construction, used for storage, shelter, etc
2.
a large roofed structure, esp one with open sides, used for storage, repairing locomotives, sheepshearing, etc
3.
a large retail outlet in the style of a warehouse
4. New Zealand another name for freezing works
5. in the shed
verbWord forms: sheds, shedding or shedded
6. (transitive) New Zealand
to store (hay or wool) in a shed
Derived forms
shedlike (ˈshedˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English sced; probably variant of scead shelter, shade
shed in British English2
(ʃɛd)
verbWord forms: sheds, shedding or shed(mainly tr)
1.
to pour forth or cause to pour forth
to shed tears
shed blood
2. shed light on
3.
to cast off or lose
the snake shed its skin
trees shed their leaves
4.
(of a lorry) to drop (its load) on the road by accident
5.
to abolish or get rid of (jobs, workers, etc)
6.
to repel
this coat sheds water
7. (also intr)
(in weaving) to form an opening between (the warp threads) in order to permit the passage of the shuttle
8. (transitive) dialect
to make a parting in (the hair)
noun
9.
(in weaving) the space made by shedding
10. short for watershed
11. mainly Scottish
a parting in the hair
Derived forms
shedable (ˈshedable) or sheddable (ˈsheddable)
adjective
Word origin
Old English sceadan; related to Gothic skaidan, Old High German skeidan to separate; see sheath
shed in British English3
(ʃɛd)
verbWord forms: sheds, shedding or shed
1. (transitive)
to separate or divide off (some farm animals) from the remainder of a group
a good dog can shed his sheep in a matter of minutes
noun
2.
(of a dog) the action of separating farm animals
Derived forms
shedding (ˈshedding)
noun
Word origin
from shed2
shed in British English4
(ʃɛd)
noun
physics
a former unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10–52 square metre
Word origin
C20: from shed1; so called by comparison to barn2 because of its smaller size
she'd in British English
(ʃiːd)
contraction of
she had or she would
she'd in American English
(ʃid)
1.
she had
2.
she would
shed in American English1
(ʃɛd)
noun
1.
a small, rough building or lean-to, used for shelter or storage, as a workshop, etc.
2.
a large, strongly built, barnlike or hangarlike structure, often with open front or sides
Word origin
< ME shadde, var. of shade < OE scead, shelter, protection, shade
shed in American English2
(ʃɛd)
verb transitiveWord forms: shed or ˈshedding
1.
to pour out; give off; emit
2.
to cause to flow in a stream or fall in drops
to shed tears
3.
to send forth or spread about; radiate; diffuse; impart
to shed confidence
4.
to cause to flow off without penetrating; repel
oilskin sheds water
5.
a.
to cast off or lose (a natural growth or covering, as leaves, skin, hair, etc.)
b.
to get rid of (something unwanted)
to shed a few pounds
verb intransitive
6.
to shed a natural growth or covering, as hair
7.
to drop off or fall out
said of leaves, seeds, etc.
noun
8.
a ridge of high ground; specif., watershed
9.
an opening in the warp threads of a loom for the shuttle to pass through
Idioms:
shed blood
Word origin
ME scheden < OE sceadan, to separate, distinguish, akin to Ger scheiden, to cut, separate: for IE base see sheath
More idioms containing
shed
shed crocodile tears
blood is shed
Examples of 'shed' in a sentence
shed
Or at the very least a large garden shed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But this gene has already shed a light on human history.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is by no stretch of the imagination a garden shed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Temporary hair shedding like this is quite common.
The Sun (2012)
You will be condemned if blood is shed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One option is to keep animals in sheds or housing protected by netting.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Maybe he is keen to shed a few skins?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The centres in those early days were no more than sheds and small greenhouses.
The Sun (2008)
The bobble hat was consigned to the garden shed.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My sheep shed their hair naturally over six weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We shed blood for this piece of land.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Maybe he has now shed his old skin and completed the transformation into fully fledged luvvie.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Just off the muddy driveway were half a dozen disused poultry sheds crammed with items plucked from auctions around the country.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
Storage sheds are sprouting like mushrooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There were a few tears shed as we loaded the last bits and pieces into our makeshift removal van and bade our farewells.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
He knocked his drive over the railway sheds, but turned his wrists a hair too soon.
Kevin Cook Tommy's Honour: The Extraordinary Story of Golf's Founding Father and Son (2007)
Plus, a man finds a snake in his shed.
The Sun (2013)
We enter an electrified enclosure, then a sort of shed overlooking a large pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The bank is already shedding 680 jobs this year and may reduce its headcount further.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Here is one chef hopping in and out of the row of storage sheds behind the Duck.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Shed load All of a sudden it seems the birds have gone.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This might include terms such as not erecting any sheds or buildings, or planting shrubs or trees.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Old restrictions seemed to slip away, and the country stepped into the future like an animal shedding its winter coat.
John Cassidy DOT.CON (2001)
Stepping out of the tiled farm shed - a converted lift shaft - is like walking into another world.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But I went to the cross and shed my blood to eternally secure my client's freedom and forgiveness.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
shed
British English: shed /ʃɛd/ NOUN
A shed is a small building used for storing things such as garden tools.
It's in the garden shed.
American English: shed
Arabic: سَقِيفَة
Brazilian Portuguese: cabana
Chinese: 棚
Croatian: hangar
Czech: kůlna
Danish: skur
Dutch: schuurtje
European Spanish: cobertizo
Finnish: vaja
French: cabane
German: Schuppen Gartenhaus
Greek: παράπηγμα
Italian: capanna
Japanese: 小屋
Korean: 헛간
Norwegian: skur
Polish: szopa
European Portuguese: cabana
Romanian: magazie
Russian: сарай
Latin American Spanish: cobertizo
Swedish: skjul
Thai: เพิงเก็บของ
Turkish: bahçe kulübesi
Ukrainian: сарай
Vietnamese: nhà kho
British English: shed VERB
When a tree sheds its leaves, its leaves fall off in the autumn.
Some of the trees were already beginning to shed their leaves.
American English: shed
Brazilian Portuguese: perder
Chinese: 落叶
European Spanish: mudar
French: perdre
German: verlieren
Italian: perdere
Japanese: 葉を落とす/毛代わりする
Korean: 나뭇잎을 떨어뜨리다
European Portuguese: perder
Latin American Spanish: mudar
All related terms of 'shed'
shed up
to store ( hay ) in a shed
bike shed
a shed for bicycle storage
shed jobs
A job is the work that someone does to earn money.
shed out
to separate off ( sheep that have lambed ) and move them to better pasture
tool shed
a small shed in the garden or yard of a house used for storing tools , esp those for gardening
cattle shed
a shed for cattle
cycle shed
a shed for bicycle storage
engine shed
the large shed in which trains are kept when not in service
shed blood
to kill in a violent or bloody way
shed weight
The weight of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms , pounds , or tons .
bicycle shed
a shed for bicycle storage
customs shed
a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
milking shed
a building in which a herd of cows is milked
potting shed
A potting shed is a small building in a garden , in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools .
shearing shed
a farm building equipped with power machinery for sheepshearing and equipment for baling wool
decorated shed
a design concept characterized by buildings generally of purely utilitarian design but with fronts intended to give them more grandeur or to announce their functions
in the shed
at work
locomotive shed
a shed in which locomotives are kept
blood is shed
said to mean that people are being killed in fighting
shed light on
to clarify or supply additional information on
shed crocodile tears
to pretend to be sad or to sympathize with someone without really caring about them
to shed light on something to throw light on something cast light on sth
To shed light on , throw light on , or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand , because more information is known about it.
Chinese translation of 'shed'
shed
(ʃɛd)
Word forms:ptppshed
n(c)
(in garden) 棚 (péng)
(by railway, factory) 棚式外廊 (péngshì wàiláng)
vt
(naturally)[skin, leaves, hair]脱(脫)落 (tuōluò)
(= get rid of) 摆(擺)脱(脫) (bǎituō)
to shed tears流泪(淚) (liú lèi)
to shed blood杀(殺)人 (shā rén)
to shed jobs裁员(員) (cáiyuán)
a lorry has shed its load (Brit) 一辆(輛)大卡车(車)掉落了货(貨)物 (yī liàng dà kǎchē diàoluòle huòwù)
she'd
(ʃiːd)
(= she had, she would)
All related terms of 'shed'
to shed blood
杀(殺)人 shā rén
to shed jobs
裁员(員) cáiyuán
to shed tears
流泪(淚) liú lèi
a lorry has shed its load
( Brit ) 一辆(輛)大卡车(車)掉落了货(貨)物 yī liàng dà kǎchē diàoluòle huòwù