shed

/ˈshed/

Middle English sheden, shedden, shoden "to divide, separate, part or comb (hair), pour out, discharge, cause (blood) to flow, pour (tears) in drops, emit (light)," going back to Old English sceādan, scādan (Class VII strong verb) "to separate, divide, distinguish, decide, scatter, shed (tears, blood)," going back to Germanic *skaiđan-/skaiþan- (whence also Old Frisian skētha, skēda "to separate, depart, exclude, decide, distinguish", Old Saxon skēdan, skēthan "to separate, render (fat), disperse," Old High German skeidan "to separate, distinguish, apportion," Gothic skaidan "to separate"), going back to pre-Germanic *skoit-, variant (with o-ablaut and voiceless final stop) of Indo-European *skei̯d- "split, separate," whence also, with zero grade, Greek schízein "to split, separate," with zero grade and nasal present Sanskrit (Vedic) chinátti "(s/he) cuts off, tears up," Latin scindō, scindere "to split, cleave, separate," with o-grade Russian Church Slavic cěditi "to strain, filter," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian cijèditi, Lithuanian skáidau, skáidyti "to separate, break down" (also, with e-grade, skíedžiu, skíesti "to make thin, separate")

verb

  1. to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted

  2. to give off, discharge, or expel from the body of a plant or animal: such as

  3. to eject, slough off, or lose as part of the normal processes of life

shed her inhibitions

discard cast shed slough scrap junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless. cast, especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation.

noun

  1. something (such as the skin of a snake) that is discarded in shedding

  2. a divide of land

  3. distinction, difference

noun

  1. a slight structure built for shelter or storage; especially : a single-storied building with one or more sides unenclosed

  2. a building that resembles a shed

  3. hut