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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
shed
shed [shed sheds shedding] noun, verb BrE [ʃed] NAmE [ʃed]
noun (often in compounds)
1. a small simple building, usually built of wood or metal, used for keeping things in
•a bicycle shed
• (BrE)a garden shed
2. (BrE)a large industrial building, used for working in or keeping equipment
•an engine shed
3. (AustralE, NZE)a building with open sides where the wool is cut off sheep (= they are sheared ) or where cows are milked
see also ↑cowshed, ↑potting shed, ↑woodshed
Word Origin:
n. late 15th cent. ↑shadev. Old English sc(e)ādan ‘separate out (one selected group), divide’ ‘scatter’ Germanic Dutch German scheiden ↑sheath
Thesaurus:
shed noun C
•a garden/tool shed
•a cowshed
barn • • outbuilding • • stable • • hut • • shack • • cabin • • shelter •
a wooden shed/hut/shack/cabin/shelter
build a shed/barn/stable/hut/shack/cabin/shelter
Example Bank:
•a garden shed.
•a tool shed
verb (shed·ding, shed, shed)
GET RID OF
1. ~ sth (often used in newspapers)to get rid of sth that is no longer wanted
•The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.
•a quick way to shed unwanted pounds (= extra weight or fat on your body)
•Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image.
DROP
2. ~ sth (formal)to let sth fall; to drop sth
•Luke shed his clothes onto the floor.
•A duck's feathers shed water immediately.
3. ~ sth (BrE) (of a vehicle)to lose or drop what it is carrying
•The traffic jam was caused by a lorry shedding its load.
SKIN/LEAVES
4. ~ sth if an animal sheds its skin, or a plant sheds leaves, it loses them naturally
•How often does a snake shed its skin?
•trees that shed their leaves in autumn
LIGHT
5. ~ sth (on/over sb/sth) to send light over sth; to let light fall somewhere
•The candles shed a soft glow on her face.
TEARS
6. ~ tears (formal or literary)to cry
•She shed no tears when she heard he was dead.
BLOOD
7. ~ blood (formal)to kill or injure people, especially in a war
•How much blood will be shed before the fighting ends?
see also ↑bloodshed
see cast/shed/throw light on sth at ↑light n.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. late 15th cent. ↑shadev. Old English sc(e)ādan ‘separate out (one selected group), divide’ ‘scatter’ Germanic Dutch German scheiden ↑sheath
Example Bank:
•I went on a diet and managed to shed a few pounds.
•She was determined to shed some weight and get fit.
•The firm is trying to shed its old-fashioned image.
•The local car factory plans to shed 200 jobs.
•Her mother had shed ten years since her marriage to Douglas.
•It's a quick way to shed pounds but it won't make you healthier.
•The defence industry is in decline and shedding jobs.
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