Shed /(shĕd)/

1. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

   The first Aletes born in lowly shed.

   Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel.

2. A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar. (Aeronautics)

imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shedding

1. To separate; to divide. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. 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.

   Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?

   Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head.

3. 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.
4. To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
5. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. [R.]
6. To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. (Weaving)

1. To fall in drops; to pour. [Obs.]

   Such a rain down from the welkin shadde.

2. To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.

   White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand.

1. A parting; a separation; a division. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

   They say also that the manner of making the shed of newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a javelin came up then likewise.

2. The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
3. That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.
4. 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. (Weaving)