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