shed
an outbuilding with a single story;
used for shelter or storage (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
outbuilding
• Hyponyms:
apiary, bee house, boathouse, coal house, toolshed,
toolhouse, woodshed
1. get rid of (Freq. 5)
- he shed his image as a pushy boss
- shed your clothes
• Syn:
cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off,
throw away, drop
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
molt, exuviate, moult, slough, abscise,
exfoliate, autotomize, autotomise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities (Freq. 3)
- shed tears
- spill blood
- God shed His grace on Thee
• Syn:
spill, pour forth
• Derivationally related forms:
spill (for: spill)
• Hypernyms:
pour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- spill the beans all over the table
• Syn:
spill, disgorge
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
seed
• Verb Group:
spill, slop, splatter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- our dog sheds every Spring
• Syn:
molt, exuviate, moult, slough
• Derivationally related forms:
slough (for: slough), sloughing (for: slough), moulter (for: moult), moulting (for: moult), moult (for: moult), molter (for: molt), molting (for: molt), molt (for: molt), shedding
• Hypernyms:
cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off,
throw away, drop
• Hyponyms:
desquamate, peel off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
shed at an early stage of development
- most amphibians have caducous gills
- the caducous calyx of a poppy
• Syn:
caducous
• Ant:
persistent (for: caducous)
• Similar to:
deciduous
• Topics:
biology, biological science
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