shed

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: shěd, IPA(key): /ʃɛd/ Rhymes: -ɛd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between; remove from association or companionship; distinguish, discriminate, decide, determine, appoint; shatter, shed; expound; decree; write down; differ”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (compare West Frisian skiede, Dutch and German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, divide, separate”), from *skey-. See also Irish scian (“knife”), Lithuanian skėsti (“to spread”), ski̇́esti (“to separate”), Old Church Slavonic цѣдити (cěditi, “to filter, strain”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”), Old Armenian ցտեմ (cʻtem, “to scratch”), Sanskrit च्यति (cyáti, “he cuts off”)). Related to shoad, shit, sheath. ==== Verb ==== shed (third-person singular simple present sheds, present participle shedding, simple past and past participle shed or (nonstandard) shedded) (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide. 1635, "Sermon on Philippians III, 7, 8", in Select Practical Writings of David Dickson (1845), Volume 1, page 166 Internet Archive Lest […] ye shed with God. (ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of. (transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow. (transitive) To allow to flow or fall. (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light). to shed light on (obsolete, transitive) To pour forth, give off, impart. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall in drops; to pour. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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 (“distinction, reason”). ==== Alternative forms ==== shode (dialectal) shead, shede (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== shed (plural sheds) (weaving) An opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven. Hyponym: countershed (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line. (obsolete) A parting in the hair. (obsolete) The top of the head. (obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it. Hyponyms: air shed, cultureshed, driveshed, foodshed, milkshed, serviceshed, watershed ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade. ==== Noun ==== shed (plural sheds) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut. Hyponyms: coalshed, cowshed, garden shed, toolshed; see more at Derived terms Coordinate term: barn A large temporary open structure for reception of goods. (UK, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:old car (UK, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive. (nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10−52 square meters. Coordinate term: barn (music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Scottish Gaelic: seada → Unami: shèt → Welsh: sièd ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Verb ==== shed (third-person singular simple present sheds, present participle shedding, simple past and past participle shedded) (transitive) To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed. (transitive, music) To woodshed. === References === “shed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === edhs, heds == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === shedu === Etymology === From Latin sedeō. Compare Romanian ședea, șed. === Verb === shed (third-person singular shadi or shade, participle shidzutã) to sit ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== mi-ashedzu == Lashi == === Etymology === From Proto-Lolo-Burmese [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-rjat. Cognates include Burmese ရှစ် (hrac). === Pronunciation === (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [ɕet̚˧˧] (Mongko) IPA(key): [ʃɛ̰t̚˥˥] Hyphenation: shed === Numeral === shed eight === References === Qingxia Dai; Jie Li (2007), 勒期语研究 [The study of the Leqi language], Beijing: Central Institute for Nationalities Publishing House, →ISBN, page 298 Mark Wannemacher (2011), A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 22 Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 45