shed

Meaning

Noun

1. An area 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) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
6. A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters; used in nuclear physics

Verb

1. (obsolete) To part, separate or divide.
2. To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
3. To pour; to make flow.
4. To allow to flow or fall.
5. To radiate, cast, give off (light).
6. (obsolete) To pour forth, give off, impart.
7. (obsolete) To fall in drops; to pour.
8. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
9. To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
10. (slang) Alternative form of woodshed

Verb

1. To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
2. To woodshed.

Synonyms

shack

hut

🛖

pour

spill

shanty

stall

barn

cast

scatter

cabin

slough

pour out

hovel

molt

throw

moult

lean-to

outhouse

stand

drop

exuviate

cast off

awning

discard

booth

barrack

cottage

pour forth

outbuilding

shake off

take off

pen

🖊️

penthouse

spray

hangar

warehouse

cowshed

garage

emit

stable

escape

throw off

get rid of

shelter

sprinkle

sty

storeroom

storehouse

dump

disgorge

effuse

run out

house

🏠

etc.

cause to pour

come off

small building

tip

canopy

slough off

throw away

caducous

fall out

lose

woodshed

drain

pavilion

peel

scramble

depot

exude

let fall

refuse

reject

repertory

repudiate

roundhouse

run

rush in

scaffold

scale

scout

send

send down

shine

slip off

slop

small room

spilled

spread

stack

straight

stream

sun-blind

sunshade

tilt

toss

transfuse

trellis

trisect

turn down

unhorse

unlearn

weep

abscise

break to pieces

cattle pen

cause to fall

coach house

flow over

hay barn

projecting roof

scale off

Sn

snap out

rest house

sprinkle on from above

dilapidated house

runout

water

🚰

bleed for

small temple

flea-pit

end forth

tool shed

cow-stall

exudation efflux

flow outlet

abort

shay

arbor

bridge

bring down

bungalow

byre

cabana

cants

change

closet

come away

construction

🚧

corral

cot

cowhouse

cry

😢

curtain

cut back

deep-six

demote

disallow

dislocated

dislodged

dismount

dispose of

distribute

distribution

drip

effluence

effluent

efflux

effused

eliminate

emitted

expand

expel

extend

fail

fallen

fallen off

fall off

fling

flow

flowed out

found

gazebo

granary

gush

hall

harangue

illuminate

imbue

infuse

instil

issue

kiosk

knock down

leave

leave behind

lodge

loom

miscarry

mould

off

outflow

outgoing

outpouring

overflow

overrule

porch

potting shed

pull down

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɛd/

Etymology

From Middle English sched, schede, schad, from a combination of Old English scēada (“a parting of the hair, top of the head”) and Old English ġesċēad (“distinction, reason”).