shed
part of speech
noun (shed, sheds); verb (shed, sheds, shed, shedding)
meaning for a pupil
1) A shed is a small simple building, often of wood, in a garden or yard for keeping tools, bikes or animals. tree →
2) To shed is to let something fall off, like a tree sheds leaves or a snake sheds its skin. tree →
3) To shed tears is to cry. tree →
4) To shed light on something is to help explain it. tree →
sense in the lessons
a place where tools or animals are kept; the verb shed means losing leaves, hair or skin, which takes away; in science: animals shed fur in spring, snakes shed skin as they grow, trees shed leaves in autumn; phrases: «garden shed», «tool shed», «shed light on», «shed a tear»
examples
- The shed holds 14 tools. tree →
- The tree sheds 30 leaves a day. tree →
- They paint the shed in 3 hours. tree →
- The dog sheds a lot of hair. tree →
- Dad keeps the lawnmower in the garden shed. tree →
- A snake sheds its old skin as it grows. tree →
- She shed a tear at the end of the film. tree →
- The clue shed light on the mystery. tree →
- Oak trees shed their leaves in autumn. tree →
- Where now were the tears he had shed? tree →
note
As a building it is a story word; «shed» as a verb takes away from what was there. Past of the verb: shed (no change): «it shed its skin». -ing: shedding (double d). Plural of the noun: sheds.
In the corpora
- Snakes shed their skin in one piece as they grow, starting at the lips, and their eyes turn cloudy blue just before.
- A silkworm grows thousands of times heavier in about a month and sheds its skin four times, because old skin cannot stretch.
- She sheds "gallons of tears", making a pool about four inches deep that reaches half down the hall.
- "Not the sharpest tool in the shed" is a joke meaning not very clever.
- No dog is completely allergy-free; some breeds shed less, but all dogs make the proteins people react to.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.