shed
noun
[ ʃɛd ]
• a simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop.
• "a bicycle shed"
Similar:
hut,
lean-to,
outhouse,
outbuilding,
shack,
potting shed,
woodshed,
cattle shed,
cow-house,
lockup,
barn,
smokehouse,
woolshed,
shippon,
linhay,
hovel,
shed
verb
• park (a vehicle) in a depot.
• "the buses were temporarily shedded in that depot"
Origin:
late 15th century: apparently a variant of the noun shade.
shed
verb
• (of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground.
• "both varieties shed leaves in winter"
• discard (something undesirable, superfluous, or outdated).
• "many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed jobs"
Similar:
dismiss,
let go,
discharge,
give someone their notice,
get rid of,
discard,
make redundant,
sack,
give someone the sack,
fire,
give someone their cards,
send packing,
give someone the boot,
give someone the bullet,
give someone the push,
boot out,
dispose of,
do away with,
drop,
abandon,
throw out,
jettison,
lose,
scrap,
cast aside/off,
dump,
have done with,
reject,
repudiate,
ditch,
junk,
get shut of,
get shot of,
see the back of,
shuck off,
• cast or give off (light).
• "the full moon shed a watery light on the scene"
• accidentally allow (something) to fall off or spill.
• "a lorry shed its load of steel bars"
• eliminate part of (an electrical power load) by disconnecting circuits.
Origin:
Old English sc(e)ādan ‘separate out (one selected group), divide’, also ‘scatter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheiden . Compare with sheath.
