to cast off or let fall (a natural covering such as leaves, hair, or a skin)
to take off (an item of clothing)
to get rid of (something or somebody); to discard or do away with
The firm is shedding another 100 workers
to cause (blood) to flow by wounding or killing
to let (tears) flow
to cast, spread, or diffuse (light, brightness, etc)
boys who sought for shells along the shore, their white feet shedding pallor in the sea — W J Turner
to drop (a load) accidentally
to be incapable of holding or absorbing (a liquid); to repel
A duck's plumage sheds water
shed light on something
to help to clarify something
Recent fossil discoveries … shed light on the environments in which the various groups of hominoid emerged — Nature
shedder noun
[Old English scēadan to separate, divide, scatter, in Middle English ‘to pour out’, later ‘to cast off or let fall’]