shed
Pronunciation
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- (countable) A shed is a small building made out of wood that is often used to hold tools.
- Let me go put my tools in the shed.
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- (transitive) If something sheds its hair, skin, etc., it naturally drops it.
- The snake sheds it skin regularly as it grows.
- (transitive) If something sheds its light, tears, etc., it produces them.
- Can you help to shed some light on the problem?
- The tears she shed ran down her face.
- The past tense and past participle of shed.