shed

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

   our dog sheds every Spring

2. 2
   verb

   to get rid of

   We shed our image as an old-fashioned company.

3. 3
   verb

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

   shed tears

4. 4
   verb

   To part, separate or divide.

   to shed something in two

5. 5
   verb

   To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.

   You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.

6. 6
   verb

   To pour; to make flow.

   Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?

7. 7
   verb

   To allow to flow or fall.

   I didn't shed many tears when he left me.

8. 8
   verb

   To radiate, cast, give off (light).

   to shed light on

Etymology

From Middle English scheden, schede, from Old English scēadan, scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between; remove from association or companionship; distinguish, discriminate, decide, determine, appoint; shatter, shed; expound; decree; write down; differ”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (compare West Frisian skiede, Dutch and German scheiden), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, divide, separate”), from *skey-. See also Irish scian (“knife”), Lithuanian skėsti (“to spread”), ski̇́esti (“to separate”), Old Church Slavoni…