(~s, ~ding)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: The form '~' is used in the present tense and in the past tense and past participle of the verb.
1.
A ~ is a small building that is used for storing things such as garden tools.
...a garden ~.
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is a large shelter or building, for example at a railway station, port, or factory.
...disused railway ~s.
N-COUNT: usu n N
3.
When a tree ~s its leaves, its leaves fall off in the autumn. When an animal ~s hair or skin, some of its hair or skin drops off.
Some of the trees were already beginning to ~ their leaves.
VERB: V n
4.
To ~ something means to get rid of it. (FORMAL)
The firm is to ~ 700 jobs...
VERB: V n
5.
If a lorry ~s its load, the goods that it is carrying accidentally fall onto the road. (mainly BRIT)
A lorry piled with scrap metal had ~ its load.
VERB: V n
6.
If you ~ tears, you cry.
They will ~ a few tears at their daughter’s wedding.
VERB: V n
7.
To ~ blood means to kill people in a violent way. If someone ~s their blood, they are killed in a violent way, usually when they are fighting in a war. (FORMAL)
Gunmen in Ulster ~ the first blood of the new year...
VERB: V n
8.
to ~ light on something : see light