(shed) v. shed, shed·ding v.t.
1. To pour forth in drops; emit, as tears or blood.
2. To cause to pour forth.
3. To send forth or abroad; diffuse; radiate, as light.
4. To throw off without allowing to penetrate, as rain; repel.
5. To cast off by natural process, as hair, skin, a shell, etc.
—v.i.
6. To cast off or lose hair, skin, etc., by natural process.
7. To fall or drop, as leaves or seed.
—to shed blood To kill.
—noun
1. That which sheds, as a sloping surface or watershed.
2. The act of shedding: bloodshed.
3. A separation or division; parting; applied technically to the opening in the warp through which the shuttle is thrown in weaving, and in parts of Great Britain to the parting of the hair. See illustration under LOOM.
4. The slope of a hill. [OE scēadan separate, part]

(shed) noun
1. A small low building, often with front or sides open; also, a lean–to: a wagon shed.
2. Brit. A storehouse; barn.
3. A temporary covering; cabin.
4. A hangar. See synonyms under HUT. [Var. of SHADE]