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Definition of shed

"shed" in the noun sense

1. shed

an outbuilding with a single story used for shelter or storage

"shed" in the verb sense

1. shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop

get rid of

"he shed his image as a pushy boss"

"shed your clothes"

2. spill, shed, pour forth

pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

"shed tears"

"spill blood"

"God shed His grace on Thee"

3. spill, shed, disgorge

cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

"spill the beans all over the table"

4. shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

"our dog sheds every Spring"

"shed" in the adjective sense

1. caducous, shed

shed at an early stage of development

"most amphibians have caducous gills"

"the caducous calyx of a poppy"

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Quotations for shed

See how the orient dew
Shed from the bosom of the morn
Into the blowing roses
(Yet careless of its mansion new
For the clear region where it was born)
Round in itself incloses,
And in its little globe's extent
Frames, as it can, its native element. [ Andrew Marvell ]

The harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed.
Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls,
As if that soul were fled. [ Moore ]

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. [ William Shakespeare ]

The crackling embers on the hearth are dead;
The indoor note of industry is still;
The latch is fast; upon the window-sill
The small birds wait not for their daily bread;
The voiceless flowers - how quietly they shed
Their nightly odours; - and the household rill
Murmurs continuous dulcet sounds that fill
The vacant expectation, and the dread
Of listening night. [ Hartley Coleridge ]

Thus, day by day, and month by month, we passed;
It pleased the Lord to take my spouse at last.
I tore my gown, I soiled my locks with dust.
And beat my breasts - as wretched widows must:
Before my face my handkerchief I spread,
To hide the flood of tears I did - not shed. [ Pope ]

And when she spake, Sweete words,
like dropping honey, she did shed;
And 'twixt the perles and rubies softly brake
A silver sound, that heavenly musicke seem'd to make. [ Spenser ]

His resolve remains unshaken; tears are shed in vain. [ Virgil ]

Who of us has not shed tears over the tomb of a loved one! [ Chateaubriand ]

Seek rather to make a man blush for his guilt than to shed his blood. [ Ter ]

We often shed tears which deceive ourselves after having deceived others. [ Rochefoucauld ]

A holy thing is sleep, on the worn spirit shed, and eyes that wake to weep. [ Mrs. Hemans ]

The remembrance of the tears I have shed is the only good left me in the world. [ A. de Musset ]

She was a good deal shocked, - not shocked at tears, for women shed and use them at their liking. [ Byron ]

The first tear of love that one causes to be shed is a diamond, the second a pearl, the third - a tear. [ A. Poincelot ]

Do not weep, my dear lady! Your tears are too precious to shed for me; bottle them up, and may the cork never be drawn. [ Sterne ]

At the banquet of life, an unfortunate guest, I one day appeared; now, I am dying. Dying! and none there are to shed a tear over the tomb that awaits me! [ Gilbert ]

Polished steel will not shine in the dark; no more can reason, however refined, shine efficaciously, but as it reflects the light of Divine truth, shed from heaven. [ Foster ]

The artist is the child in the popular fable, every one of whose tears was a pearl. Ah! the world, that cruel step-mother, beats the poor child the harder to make him shed more pearls. [ Heinrich Heine ]

The name of a mother! what a long history does it bring with it of smiles and words of mildness, of tears shed by night and of sighings at the morning dawn, of love unrequited, of cares for which there can be no recompense on earth. [ Prof. Park ]

Why has the beneficent Creator scattered over the face of the earth such a profusion of beautiful flowers? Why is it that every landscape has its appropriate flowers, every nation its national flowers, every rural home its home flowers? Why do flowers enter and shed their perfume over every scene of life, from the cradle to the grave? Why are flowers made to utter all voices of joy and sorrow in all varying scenes? It is that flowers have in themselves a real and natural significance; they have a positive relation to man; they correspond to actual emotions; they have their mission - a mission of love and mercy; they have their language, and from the remotest ages this language has found its interpreters. [ Henrietta Dumont ]

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shed in Scrabble®

The word shed is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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shed in Words With Friends™

The word shed is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words containing the sequence shed

Words that start with shed (11 words)

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Words with shed in them (25 words)

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Words that end with shed (274 words)

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Word Growth involving shed

Shorter words in shed

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Longer words containing shed

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