SHED | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of shed in English shednoun [ C ] uk /ʃed/ us /ʃed/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 a small building, usually made of wood, used for storing things: a tool/storage shedUK a garden/bicycle shed   Dreet Production/Alloy/GettyImages a large, simple building used for a particular purpose: the lambing shed a cow shed

• She's planting seeds in the shed.
• We keep our bikes in the shed.

Garden buildings & structures

• belvedere
• bird table
• birdbath
• cloche
• cold frame
• fountain
• garden gnome
• gazebo
• glasshouse
• greenhouse
• outhouse
• pergola
• polytunnel
• potting shed
• she shed
• toolshed
• water feature
• wigwam
• woodpile
• woodshed

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Buildings for storing things shedverb [ T ] uk /ʃed/ us /ʃed/ present participle shedding | past tense and past participle shed (often used in newspapers) to get rid of something you do not need or want: 900 jobs will be shed over the next few months. Psychotherapy helped him to shed some of his insecurity/inhibitions. I'm going on a diet to see if I can shed (= become thinner by losing) a few pounds. to lose a covering, such as leaves, hair, or skin, because it falls off naturally, or to drop something in a natural way or by accident: shed its leaves The trees shed their leaves in autumn. They ran down to the water, shedding clothes as they went.UK A lorry had shed a load of gravel across the road.  shed tears, blood, etc. C1 to allow tears or blood to flow: She shed a few tears at her daughter's wedding. See more medical , biology   specialized to release a virus or bacterium from a cell or body into the environment where it can infect other people: Those who have contracted the new coronavirus shed the virus most heavily in the first few days of the illness. People shed the virus in respiratory droplets and aerosols.

• She's trying to shed her good girl image.
• He's managed to shed eight kilos.
• The bank is preparing to shed 200 branches from its 1,700 network.
• After a six-month diet, she's shed five inches from her hips and six inches from her waist.
• I was warm enough at that point to shed a few layers of clothing.

Removing and getting rid of things

• abandonment
• banish
• be scattered to the four winds idiom
• bin
• cast someone/something aside/away/off phrasal verb
• dumping
• eradication
• eradication of something
• erasure
• evacuate
• evacuate someone from something
• fling
• leach
• scatter
• scrape
• scraping
• see the back of someone/something idiom
• shedding
• shoo
• sling

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Passing on illness & causing disease

Idiom

shed light on sth (Definition of shed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

shed | American Dictionary

shednoun [ C ] us /ʃed/

shed noun [C] (BUILDING)

Add to word list Add to word list a small building usually used for storage or shelter: The lawn mower is kept in the shed. shedverb us /ʃed/

shed verb (GET RID OF)

[ T ] present participle shedding | past tense and past participle shed to get rid of something: As the day warmed up, she shed her sweater.

shed verb (FALL OFF)

[ I/T ] to lose hair, leaves, or skin, or to cause hair, skin, or leaves to drop: [ I ] My cat shed all over the couch. [ T ] By November, the trees had shed their leaves.

shed verb (FLOW)

[ T ] to make blood or tears flow: He didn’t shed one tear when his old car was stolen.

shed verb (SPREAD)

[ T ] present participle shedding | past tense and past participle shed to spread light: A single bulb shed a harsh light on the table.

Idiom

shed light on something (Definition of shed from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

shed | Business English

shedverb [ T ] uk /ʃed/ us shedding | shed | shed Add to word list Add to word list to get rid of something you do not need or want, especially jobs or employees: There are rumors that the retailer will shed more than 400 jobs over the next year. shed workers/employees/staff STOCK MARKET to lose value in the stock market or other financial markets: The stock shed another 16% of its value yesterday, closing at $15.25. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 242.66 points, or 1.97%, to close at 12,075.96. shednoun [ C ] uk /ʃed/ us a large simple building, usually used for storing equipment: The structure is used as a truck storage shed. (Definition of shed from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of shed

shed Up to several thousand snails were collected at each site and those snails shedding apharyngeate, spined, cercariae (also lacking eye-spots) were isolated. From the Cambridge English Corpus Twelve farms were known to have had a prior history of shedding before the start of the study. From the Cambridge English Corpus In contrast, the length of the shedding period and the number of cercariae showed no significant differences between the two snail groups. From the Cambridge English Corpus By shedding excess and approaching sung dialogue as if it were speech, singers were to be singing actors - the imperative of a musical dramatic art. From the Cambridge English Corpus Uninfected snails were included in the data for the duration of cercariae shedding, while those containing trematodes were excluded. From the Cambridge English Corpus When analysing the emergence curves per individual snail (figures not shown), a total of 6 shedding pauses are evident. From the Cambridge English Corpus The analysis was, finally, confined to observations at weeks 10 -13, when shedding of eggs had stabilized. From the Cambridge English Corpus A peak in the high intensity category and shedding in the medium and low intensity category were also observed during this period. From the Cambridge English Corpus The snails were examined for emerging cercariae from day 28 following exposure and checked for cercarial shedding until death. From the Cambridge English Corpus The treatment of the death rate of shedding snails is more complicated. From the Cambridge English Corpus Shared intelligence can be very valuable if it sheds light on important foreign policy problems. From the Cambridge English Corpus Each season, the rectal samples were collected from different calves at different cattle sheds in a farm. From the Cambridge English Corpus Research on one aspect of language use - how the turns of speakers and priorities of topic are determined sheds light on conversational politics. From the Cambridge English Corpus Research is shedding light on the mechanisms involved in selecting and establishing preferentially active neural patterns. From the Cambridge English Corpus They showed results for the starting and developing flow past a cylinder shedding a vortex-street wake. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of shed These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with shed

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equipment shedOne farm equipment shed was demolished, and another sustained major damage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   machine shedThere is also a round machine shed on the same property. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   metal shedIn addition, he bought her a 12-string guitar and a metal shed for her to practice and took her to music auditions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with shed What is the pronunciation of shed?

Translations of shed

in Chinese (Traditional) （通常爲木質、存放物品用的）棚子，小屋, （用於特定活動的）大簡易棚, （常爲報刊用語）去除，擺脫… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （通常为木质、存放物品用的）棚子，小屋, （用于特定活动的）大简易棚, （常为报刊用语）去除，摆脱… See more in Spanish cobertizo, perder, derramar… See more in Portuguese galpão, barracão, depósito… See more in Marathi in Japanese in French in Turkish in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian कोठी, टपरी, सहसा लाकडाची… See more 納屋, 物置小屋, “she had” の短縮形… See more muer, cabane [feminine], remise… See more baraka, yaymak, saçmak… See more cobert, forma abreujada de “she had”, forma abreujada de “she would”… See more schuurtje, werpen, zich ontdoen van… See more ஒரு சிறிய கட்டிடம், பொதுவாக மரத்தால் ஆனது, பொருட்களை சேமிக்கப் பயன்படுகிறது… See more शालिका, (किसी विशेष) शेड, शाला… See more છોકરી, કોઈ ચોક્કસ શેડ, શાળા… See more skur, -skur, kaste… See more skjul, bod, ge ifrån sig… See more bangsal, memancarkan, menggugurkan… See more der Schuppen, verbreiten, abwerfen… See more skifte, røyte, felle… See more سائبان, جھونپڑی, خاص سامان رکھنے کی جگہ… See more повітка, шура, поширювати… See more చిన్న భవనం, సాధారణంగా చెక్కతో తయారు చేయబడింది, వస్తువులను నిల్వ చేయడానికి ఉపయోగిస్తారు… See more গুমটি, জিনিসপত্র রাখার ঢাকা জায়গা, চালা বা খোঁয়াড়… See more kůlna, vydávat, shazovat… See more gudang, menyorotkan, melepaskan… See more โรงเก็บของ, ฉายแสง, สลัดทิ้ง… See more nhà một tầng để chứa đồ hoặc làm nhà xưởng, tung ra, tỏa ra… See more szopa, rzucać, tracić… See more 창고, “she had”의 축약형, “she would”의 축약형… See more rimessa, baracca, tettoia… See more Need a translator?

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• shed light on something idiom
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    • shed
    • shed tears, blood, etc.
• American   
  • Noun 
    • shed (BUILDING)
  • Verb 
    • shed (GET RID OF)
    • shed (FALL OFF)
    • shed (FLOW)
    • shed (SPREAD)
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