Definition of shed

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