SHED
\ʃˈɛd], \ʃˈɛd], \ʃ_ˈɛ_d]\
Definitions of SHED
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
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pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
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shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"
By Princeton University
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cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
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pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.
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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.
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of Shed
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To separate; to divide.
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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.
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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.
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To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
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To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
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To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
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To fall in drops; to pour.
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To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.
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A parting; a separation; a division.
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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.
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The act of shedding or spilling; - used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
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That which parts, divides, or sheds; - used in composition, as in watershed.
By Oddity Software
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A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.
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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.
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of Shed
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To separate; to divide.
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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.
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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.
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To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
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To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
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To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
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To fall in drops; to pour.
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To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.
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A parting; a separation; a division.
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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.
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The act of shedding or spilling; - used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
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That which parts, divides, or sheds; - used in composition, as in watershed.
By Noah Webster.
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To pour out; cause to flow off without sinking in; as, oilskins shed water; to throw off; as, birds shed their feathers; to let fall; as, trees shed leaves.
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To let fall or throw off, as seed, hair, etc.
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Shed.
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Shedding.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To scatter: to throw out: to pour: to spill.
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To let fall:-pr.p. shedding; pa.t. and pa.p. shed.
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SHEDDER.
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To part, separate.
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That which shades: a slight erection, usually of wood, for shade or shelter: an outhouse: a hut: a dividing line, as a water-shed, in geography.
By Daniel Lyons
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SHEDDER.
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To throw off; turn off, as rain; cast off; molt.
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To cause to flow out, as tears or blood; emit.
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A small low building; cabin; hut.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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