SHED


Meaning of SHED in English

(~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

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