The 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.

Synonyms

cast , cast off , shake off , throw , throw off , throw away , drop , spill , pour forth , spill , disgorge , molt , exuviate , moult , slough , caducous

Antonyms

persistent

Homophones

shedd

Rhymes

abed , aforesaid , ahead , airhead , armstead , arrowhead , bankhead , beachhead , bed , bedspread , behead , biomed , bled , blockhead , bloodshed , bobsled , bread , bred , bridgehead , broadhead , brodhead , bulkhead , bullhead , calfed , coed , copperhead , cornbread , dead , deadhead , deathbed , dragonhead , dread , dred , dredd , drumhead , ed , egghead , embed , farmstead , featherbed , fed , figurehead , flatbed , flathead , fled , fred , freda , ged , gingerbread , godhead , hampstead , hardhead , head , hollingshead , homestead , horsehead , hotbed , imbed , inbred , infrared , instead , interbred , jed , lead , led , letterhead , loggerhead , marblehead , masthead , med , misled , misread , ned , nedd , newlywed , numed , overfed , overhead , pled , purebred , read , reade , red , redd , redhead , retread , riverbed , riverhead , roundhead , said , sayed , schwed , seabed , sffed , shead , shedd , shred , skinhead , sled , sledd , spearhead , sped , spread , stead , steelhead , sudafed , swed , szwed , ted , thickhead , thoroughbred , thread , trailhead , tread , unread , unsaid , unted , unwed , warhead , watershed , wed , wedd , wehde , wellhead , whitehead , widespread , woodshed , zed