| • | 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. |
| • | of Shed |
| • | To separate; to divide. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water. |
| • | To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. |
| • | To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. |
| • | To fall in drops; to pour. |
| • | To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. |
| • | A parting; a separation; a division. |
| • | The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed. |
| • | That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed. |
| • | 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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