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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Shed \Shed\, n.
     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.        --Sir T.
                                                    North.
  
     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. (Weaving) 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Shed \Shed\, n. [The same word as shade. See Shade.]
     A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter
     something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding;
     a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.
  
           The first Aletes born in lowly shed.     --Fairfax.
  
           Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. --Sandys.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Shed \Shed\, v. i.
     1. To fall in drops; to pour. [Obs.]
  
              Such a rain down from the welkin shadde. --Chaucer.
  
     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.                  --Mortimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Shed \Shed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Shedding.] [OE. scheden, sch?den, to pour, to part, AS.
     sc[=a]dan, sce['a]dan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS.
     sk??an, OFries. sk?tha, G. scheiden, OHG. sceidan, Goth.
     skaidan, and probably to Lith. sk["e]du I part, separate, L.
     scindere to cleave, to split, Gr. ???, Skr. chid, and perch.
     also to L. caedere to cut. [root]159. Cf. Chisel,
     Concise, Schism, Sheading, Sheath, Shide.]
     1. To separate; to divide. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Robert of
        Brunne.
  
     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? --Shak.
  
              Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost
              bounty on thy head.                   --Wordsworth.
  
     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.] ``Her hair . .
        . is shed with gray.'' --B. Jonson.
  
     6. (Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a
        shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Shed \Shed\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
     A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :


  shed
       adj : shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have
             caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" [syn:
             caducous] [ant: persistent]
       n : an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or
           storage
       v 1: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
            clothes" [syn: cast, cast off, shake off, throw,
             throw off, throw away, drop]
       2: pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or
          small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed
          His grace on Thee" [syn: spill, pour forth]
       3: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or
          over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: spill,
          disgorge]
       4: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
          Spring" [syn: molt, exuviate, moult, slough]
       [also: shedding]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :


  SHED
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From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Shed
  
  السقيفة

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  shed
  
  bacati, garaža, hangar, ispuštati, izdati, liti, nadstrešnica, obasjavaju, opadati, pogon, prosuti, radionica, rasipanje, spremište, spremište za alat, staja, suša, čašica izolatora, širiti, šupa