- (n.) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.
- (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.i.) To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.
- (v.t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed or passageway, for the shuttle.
- (n.) A parting; a separation; a division.
- (v.t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
- (v.t.) To separate; to divide.
- (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.
- (v.i.) To fall in drops; to pour.
- (n.) That which parts, divides or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.
- (n.) The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
- (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.
- (imp.&p.p.) of Shed.
- (v.t.) To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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