Word Meaning

sheds definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for sheds

- 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
- Garden buildings
- Garden shacks
- Outbuildings
- Outhouses
- Radiates