Definition: 1. Get rid of. 2. A small simple building, usually built of wood or metal, used for keeping things in. 3. An outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage.
Use 'shed' in a sentence:
1. The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.
2. First go and take a bath, while I go into the shed to get your milk.
3. "Good-night, Bear," the little girl called loudly, for they were just disappearing in the shed.
4. The firm is to shed 700 jobs.
5. They will shed a few tears at their daughter's wedding.
6. It's true that many animals shed tears, especially in response to pain.
7. He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.
8. A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question.
9. He made his way along a well-trodden path toward the shed.
10. Since 2007 America has shed 5 million jobs.
11. Some of the trees were already beginning to shed their leaves.
12. He made his way along a well-trodden path towards the shed.
13. Within two years, Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made the switch complete.
14. Let's put up a shed here for the time being.
15. I have shed pewter tears!
16. Luke shed his clothes onto the floor.
17. Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image.
18. He described a shearing shed as sheer hell.
19. The sight of George shedding crocodile tears made me sick.
20. I trotted down the steps and out to the shed.
21. I didn't shed a single tear.
22. The three of us manhandled the uncovered dinghy out of the shed.
23. The traffic jam was caused by a lorry shedding its load.
24. He was discovered hiding in a shed.
25. A lorry shed its load on the motorway.
26. I shut the shed door and wedged it with a log of wood.
27. As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the cities.
28. A duck's feathers shed water immediately.
29. The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.
30. Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image.
31. They were boxed up in a small shed during the flood.
32. A lorry piled with scrap metal had shed its load.
33. She shut the dog in the shed while she prepared the barbecue.
34. David built us a shed in the back yard.
35. The party has shed its cloth cap image.
36. The candles shed a soft glow on her face.
37. She shed no tears when she heard he was dead.
38. Paint the shed with weather-resistant paint.
39. The shed comes in sections that you assemble yourself.
40. The snake sheds its skin once a year.
41. The group has already shed 10,000 jobs.
42. The damp bricks went along a conveyor belt into another shed to dry.
