1. a simple or rude structure built for shelter, storage, etc.
2. a large, strongly built structure, often open at the sides or end.

1. to emit and let fall, as tears:When someone arrived to rescue us, I shed tears of joy and gratitude.
2. to impart or release; give or send forth (light, sound, fragrance, influence, etc.): A full moon was shedding its light on the little town as they entered it.
3. to resist being penetrated or affected by: The jacket is treated with a durable water-repellent finish to shed light precipitation.
4. to cast off or let fall (leaves, hair, feathers, skin, shell, etc.) by natural process: A healthy, growing snake will shed its skin about once a month.
5. to get rid of or release oneself from: First, we must shed our illusions about what rural life is supposed to be like.I find that I go through phases where I shed some of my friendships.
6. to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain or river: All of these rivers eventually shed their waters into the Luapula River.
7. to separate (the warp) in forming a shed.

8. to cast off hair, feathers, skin, or other covering or parts by natural process: All dogs shed, and need some grooming to brush out loose hair.
9. to fall off, as leaves: Leaves that are severely infected by this disease will shed prematurely.
10. to drop out, as hair, seed, grain, etc.: My hair began shedding during the first month after I started taking the medication.The seeds of this plant shed soon after the pod opens, so they’re hard to find.

11. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose thread that will become the weft.

12. shed blood,
• to cause blood to flow.
• to kill by violence; slaughter.

1. contraction of she had.
2. contraction of she would.

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. NZ another name for freezing works
5. at work

6. to store (hay or wool) in a shed

1. to pour forth or cause to pour forth
2. to clarify or supply additional information about
3. to cast off or lose
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
7. (in weaving) to form an opening between (the warp threads) in order to permit the passage of the shuttle
8. to make a parting in (the hair)

9. (in weaving) the space made by shedding
10. short for watershed
11. a parting in the hair

1. to separate or divide off (some farm animals) from the remainder of a group

2. (of a dog) the action of separating farm animals

1. a former unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10 –52 square metre

1. she had or she would

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