shed
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verb- 1.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To part, separate or divide.
to shed something in two
to shed the sheep from the lambs
A metal comb shed her golden hair.
We are shed with each other by an enormous distance.
1635, "Sermon on Philippians III, 7, 8", in Select Practical Writings of David Dickson (1845), Volume 1, page 166 Internet Archive Lest […] ye shed with God.
- 2.
(ambitransitive)To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.
When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.
- 3.
(archaic, transitive)To pour; to make flow.
- 4.
(transitive)To allow to flow or fall.
I didn't shed many tears when he left me.
A tarpaulin sheds water.
- 5.
(transitive)To radiate, cast, give off (light).
to shed light on
Can you shed any light on this problem?
- 6.
(obsolete, transitive)To pour forth, give off, impart.
- 7.
(intransitive, obsolete)To fall in drops; to pour.
- 8.
To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- 9.
(weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- 10.
(transitive)To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
- 11.
(transitive)(transitive, music) To woodshed.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(weaving) An opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- 2.
(obsolete)A distinction or dividing-line.
- 3.
(obsolete)A parting in the hair.
- 4.
(obsolete)The top of the head.
- 5.
(obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- 6.
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
wagon shed
wood shed
garden shed
- 7.
A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
- 8.
(British, derogatory, informal)An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
Đồng nghĩa: banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, hooptie, jalopy, junker, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitpot, shitcan, shitbucket, tin Lizzie, wreck
- 9.
(British, informal)(British, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- 10.
(nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
- 11.
(alt of, alternative, slang)(music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed.
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ine-pro From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan, from *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (compare skiede, and scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (to cut, part, divide, separate), from *skey-.