shed

  1. Verb.  (transitive, archaic) To part or divide.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light).
  5. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To pour forth, give off, impart.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To cast off, to let fall, be divested of.
  7. Noun.  (context, weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
  8. Noun.  (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.
  9. Noun.  (obsolete) A parting in the hair.
  10. Noun.  (obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
  11. Noun.  A small, typically wooden or corrugated metal, construction to store tools, bicycles, etc.
  12. Noun.  (British, derogatory) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.

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