English

Pronunciation
SAMPA|/SEd/
IPA|/��d/
w:AHD|AHD: /sh�d/
audio|en-us-shed.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�d|-�d

Etymology 1
Old English sceadan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch scheiden, German scheiden.

Verb
en-verb|sheds|shedding|shed

1. context|transitive|archaic To part or divide.

#: A metal comb shed her golden hair.

1. context|transitive|archaic To pour; to make flow.

#: I have shed the blood of our enemies.

1. transitive To allow to flow or fall.

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

1. transitive To radiate, cast, give off

#: Can you shed any light on this problem?

1. context|transitive|intransitive To cast off, to let fall, be divested of.

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

Translations
trans-top|To part or divide
Dutch: splijten
French: séparer
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To pour; to make flow
Dutch: vergieten
French: verser
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To allow to flow or fall
Dutch: storten
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To radiate, cast, give off
Dutch: werpen
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To cast off, to let fall, be divested of
Dutch: afwerpen
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Spanish: verter (1)

Etymology 2
Old English scead|sc�ad, from Germanic. Cognate with German Scheitel �hair parting�.

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete A distinction or dividing-line.
2. obsolete A parting in the hair.
3. obsolete An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

Derived terms
watershed

Translations
Portuguese: divisória

Etymology 3
Variant of shade.

Noun
en-noun

1. A small wooden construction to store tools.
2. context|UK|derogatory|informal An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.

Translations

Dutch: loods, schuur
Finnish: liiteri, vaja, katos
German: Schuppen m
mid
Portuguese: barracão m
Spanish: cobertizo m
Swedish: skjul n

See also
top2
hut
outbuilding
mid2
shack

Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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