shed - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

The small, simple building in your yard where you keep tools or gardening equipment is a shed.

As a noun, shed means "hut," and probably comes from the word shade. But shed is also a verb meaning "to cast off," like when a snake sheds its skin. If your couch is covered in fur, it might be because your dog is shedding. You can shed non-physical things, like a bad habit. Does your cat shed? If so, maybe I should sleep in the shed since I'm allergic.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: shed

1	v	cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
2	v adj	get rid of shed at an early stage of development
3	n	an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: shed

1

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

Synonyms:: disgorge, spill

: slop, spill, splatter
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

Types:: seed
go to seed; shed seeds; reseed
seed again or anew

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

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

“shed tears”

“God shed His grace on Thee”

Synonyms:: pour forth, spill

Type of:: pour
cause to run

2

v get rid of

“he shed his image as a pushy boss”

“shed your clothes”

Synonyms:: cast, cast off, drop, shake off, throw, throw away, throw off

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; exuviate, molt, moult, slough
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; abscise
shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue; exfoliate
cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters; autotomise, autotomize
cause a body part to undergo autotomy; desquamate, peel off
peel off in scales

Type of:: remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

v cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

“our dog sheds every Spring”

Synonyms:: exuviate, molt, moult, slough

Types:: desquamate, peel off
peel off in scales

Type of:: cast, cast off, drop, shake off, throw, throw away, throw off
get rid of

adj shed at an early stage of development

Synonyms:: caducous

: deciduous
(of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth

Antonyms:: lasting, persistent
retained; not shed

3

n an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; apiary, bee house
a shed containing a number of beehives; boathouse
a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats; coal house
a shed for storing coal; toolhouse, toolshed
a shed for storing tools; woodshed
a shed for storing firewood or garden tools

Type of:: outbuilding
a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building