SHED

Definition:

1. [noun] an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
   
   
2. [verb] get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
   Synonyms: cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
   
   
3. [verb] pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
   Synonyms: spill, pour forth
   
   
4. [verb] cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
   Synonyms: spill, disgorge
   
   
5. [verb] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring"
   Synonyms: molt, exuviate, moult, slough
   
   
6. [adjective] shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"
   Synonyms: caducous
   
   

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Related Words:

• shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough
• abscise
• exfoliate
• autotomize, autotomise
• seed
• desquamate, peel off
• apiary, bee house
• coal house
• woodshed

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