shed

Meanings

Verb

• To part, separate or divide.
• To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
• To pour; to make flow.
• To allow to flow or fall.
• To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
• To pour forth, give off, impart.
• To fall in drops; to pour.
• To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
• To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
• To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
• to woodshed

Noun

• An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
• A distinction or dividing-line.
• A parting in the hair.
• The top of the head.
• An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
• A unit of area equivalent to 10^-52 square meters
• A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.
• A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
• An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
• A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

Origin

• From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan, from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (compare West Frisian skiede, Dutch and German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, from *skey-.
• See also Welsh chwydu, Lithuanian skėsti, skíesti, Old Church Slavonic цѣдити, Ancient Greek σχίζω, Old Armenian ցտեմ, Sanskrit च्यति). Related to shoad, shit.
• 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.
• Dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade.