Word Meaning

Meaning of shed

- 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.

Crossword clue for shed

- Am not shamed to lose hair
- An outbuilding
- Cast off
- Cast off, as a snake’s skin
- Discard
- Garden hut
- Lean-to
- Moult
- Outhouse
- Send forth
- Shelter
- Small building part of garish edifice
- Storage area
- That woman would briefly be in cast
- Varnished end of shack