shed

CEFRB1

/ʃɛd/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To lose or drop something, such as hair, skin, or tears.

  2. 02

    noun

    A small building used for storage.

Examples

  • I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.

  • Paint the shed with weather-resistant paint.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.

  2. To pour; to make flow.

  3. To part, separate or divide.

More examples

In context

  • The poor girl shed tears.

  • A metal comb shed her golden hair.

  • to shed the sheep from the lambs

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between; remove from association or companionship; distinguish, discriminate, decide, determine, appoint; shatter, shed; expound; decree; write down; differ”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (compare West Frisian skiede, Dutch and German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, divide, separate”), from *skey-. See also Irish scian (“knife”), Lithuanian skėsti (“to spread”), ski̇́esti (“to separate”), Old Church Slavonic цѣдити (cěditi, “to filter, strain”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”), Old Armenian ցտեմ...