Meaning

11 senses
  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To part, separate or divide.

    to shed something in two

    to shed the sheep from the lambs

    teilen, trennen

  2. (ambitransitive)To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.

    You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.

    When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.

    abwerfen, fallen lassen, häuten

    сбра́сыватьsbrásyvatʹ, линятьlinjatʹ

    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

  3. (transitive)To allow to flow or fall.

    I didn't shed many tears when he left me.

    A tarpaulin sheds water.

    vergießen, verschütten, durchlassen

    пролива́тьprolivátʹ, проли́тьprolítʹ

    cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

  4. (transitive)To radiate, cast, give off (light).

    to shed light on

    Can you shed any light on this problem?

    verströmen, abgeben, ausstrahlen

  5. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

  6. To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

  7. (transitive)To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.

  8. (transitive)To woodshed.

  9. (archaic, transitive)To pour; to make flow.

    vergießen

    пролива́тьprolivátʹ, проли́тьprolítʹ

  10. (obsolete, transitive)To pour forth, give off, impart.

  11. (intransitive, obsolete)To fall in drops; to pour.

    pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

Examples

225 sentences
  1. Tom wants to build another shed.

    ruТом хочет построить ещё один сарай.

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  2. Have you finished painting the shed?

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  3. Tom and I built this shed.

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  4. Did you build this shed yourself?

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  5. When did you build this shed?

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to cast off, to let fall, be divested of:
to pour; to make flow:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to part or divide:
to cast off, to let fall, be divested of:
to pour; to make flow:
to allow to flow or fall:
to radiate, cast, give off:

Origin

From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan (“to separate, divid

From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between; remove from association or companionship; distinguish, discriminate, decide, determine, appoint; shatter, shed; expound; decree; write down; differ”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (compare West Frisian skiede, Dutch and German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, divide, separate”), from *skey-.

Dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade.

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Forms

sheds, shedding, shed, shed
Base formshed · to shed
3rd person singularsheds
Present participleshedding
Past simpleshed / shedded
Past participleshed / shedded

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshed
he, she, itsheds

Past simpleLesson

all personsshed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shed
he, she, ithas shed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shed

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • build this shed
  • shed any tears
  • in the shed
  • shed any

See also

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