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verb

Shed v. t. (past & past part. shed; pres. part. shedding)

1.

To separate; to divide. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)

2.

To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. "Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?" "Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head."

3.

To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

4.

To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

5.

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. (R.) "Her hair... is shed with gray."

6.

(Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shed v. i. (past & past part. shed; pres. part. shedding)

1.

To fall in drops; to pour. (Obs.) "Such a rain down from the welkin shadde."

2.

To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. "White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand."

noun

Shedding n.

1.

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.

2.

That which is shed, or cast off. (R.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shedding" Quotes from Famous Books

... fastens a long sword to its right side. The giant has four extended arms, and, in his great hands, he bears an elephant's head, a twisted serpent, a human skull, and a bird resembling a heron. The moon, shedding her light on the profile of this statue, serves to augment the weirdness ...

— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue

... the Mississippi" we read that the author ran away, vowing never to return until he could come home a pilot, shedding glory. But this is the fiction touch. He had always loved the river, and his boyhood dream of piloting had time and again returned, but it was not uppermost when he bade good-by to Macfarlane and stepped aboard the "Paul Jones," bound ...

— The Boys' Life of Mark Twain • Albert Bigelow Paine

... courage, I could not look at it; for the body was mutilated beyond semblance to humanity. Would that I had strength and skill to paint that dead figure as it was! Then would those, who glory in the shedding of blood, glory to their shame; and the pageant of war be stripped of all its false toggery revealing carnage and slaughter in ...

— Lords of the North • A. C. Laut

... mechanical lay, A metal ding-dong of the date! I mounted our hill, bearing heart That had little of life save its weight: The crowned Shadow poising dart Hung over her: she, my own, My good companion, mate, Pulse of me: she who had shown Fortitude quiet as Earth's At the shedding of leaves. And around The sky was in garlands of cloud, Winning scents from unnumbered new births, Pointed buds, where the woods were browned By a mouldered beechen shroud; Or over our meads of the vale, Such an answer to sun as he, Brave in his gold; to a sound, None sweeter, of ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... shall continue to negotiate for the welfare of our two countries and the universal peace which is so dear to our hearts. With the aid of God it must be possible to our long tried friendship to prevent the shedding of blood. I expect with full ...

— Why We Are At War (2nd Edition, revised) • Members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History

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