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    [Verb]  | "shed" | \ ˈshed \


    1: to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted

    2: to give off, discharge, or expel from the body of a plant or animal: such as

    3: to eject, slough off, or lose as part of the normal processes of life


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English sheden, shedden, shoden "to divide, separate, part or comb (hair), pour out, discharge, cause (blood) to flow, pour (tears) in drops, emit (light)," going back to Old English sceādan, scādan (Class VII strong verb) "to separate, divide, distinguish, decide, scatter, shed (tears, blood)," going back to Germanic *skaiđan-/skaiþan- (whence also Old Frisian skētha, skēda "to separate, depart, exclude, decide, distinguish", Old Saxon skēdan, skēthan "to separate, render (fat), disperse," Old High German skeidan "to separate, distinguish, apportion," Gothic skaidan "to separate"), going back to pre-Germanic *skoit-, variant (with o-ablaut and voiceless final stop) of Indo-European *skei̯d- "split, separate," whence also, with zero grade, Greek schízein "to split, separate," with zero grade and nasal present Sanskrit (Vedic) chinátti "(s/he) cuts off, tears up," Latin scindō, scindere "to split, cleave, separate," with o-grade Russian Church Slavic cěditi "to strain, filter," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian cijèditi, Lithuanian skáidau, skáidyti "to separate, break down" (also, with e-grade, skíedžiu, skíesti "to make thin, separate");

      * Note : Old English sceādan is a strong verb in West Saxon, but already a weak verb in Northumbrian, and predominantly a weak verb in Middle English. The Middle and Modern English outcomes of the verb, excepting the uncommon form shoden, see:m to reflect Old English scēadan, with later shortening of the vowel, as in other monosyllabic words ending in -d (see: note at {red:1|red:1}). — The Germanic outcome of the Indo-European base, with o-grade and t, is peculiar; Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben, 2nd edition (Wiesbaden, 2001), suggests generalization of o-grade and devoiced from a presumed reduplicated present 3rd-person singular ending in -ti. The base *skei̯d- likely emerges directly in Germanic as *skītan- "to defecate, shit" (see: {shit:2|shit:2}); this sense may have co-opted the verb, leading to adoption of the variant *skaidan- to express the other, less objectionable meanings. The Lexikon writes the Indo-European etymon as *sḱhei̯d- to account for the Indo-Aryan forms and the aspiration in Greek, though Slavic and Baltic do not show a palatovelar. R. Beekes (Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2013) regards the Greek aspiration as unexplained. Following the notion that -t-/-d- is a "root extension," J. Pokorny (Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch) adduces a more basic root *skei̯- "split," which, with other root extensions, produce for him a vast range of vocabulary in Indo-European languages.;

    [Verb]  | "shed" 


    1: to put or house in a shed


    Origin: 1850 ;

     Derivative of {see: |shed:3|shed:3};

    [Noun]  | "shed" 


    1: something (such as the skin of a snake) that is discarded in shedding

    2: a divide of land

    3: distinction, difference


    Origin: 12th century ;

     Middle English shed, shode "part in the hair, difference, distinction, faculty of discernment," going back to Old English sceād, gesceād "separation, distinction, understanding, reason, reckoning," going back to Germanic *skaiđ- (whence also Old Frisian skēd "part in the hair, crown of the head," Old Saxon skēd, skēth "distinction," Old High German gisceid "knowledge, reason, distinction"), nominal derivative, with varying stem-formatives, from *skaiđan-/skaiþan- "to separate, distinguish"; (sense 1) derivative of {see: |shed:1|shed:1} {mat|shed:1|} ;

      * Note : As is the case with {shed:1|shed:1}, the Middle and Modern English outcome of Old English sceād appears to reflect a variant scēad, with later shortening of the vowel. The meaning "a divide of land" (sense 2), attested earlier in {watershed|watershed} (18th century) appears to be an outgrowth of earlier physical senses of the word, as "the part of one's hair" or "a passageway between the threads of a warp on a loom," though its very late appearance relative to the other senses makes the relationship uncertain.;

    [Noun]  | "shed" 


    1: a slight structure built for shelter or storage; especially : a single-storied building with one or more sides unenclosed

    2: a building that resembles a shed

    3: hut


    Origin: 1557 ;

     Middle English shedde "lean-to, penthouse," perhaps from a Kentish variant of shudde "hut, lean-to," going back to Old English scydd "swine pasture," of uncertain origin;

      * Note : The word shudde in the Promptorium parvulorum, a 15th-century English-Latin dictionary, is used synonymously with "lytylle howse," "to-falle" [lean-to], and "hovel, or swyne kote, or howse of sympyl hyllynge [shelter] to kepe yn beestys." The approximate synonym "swyne kote" (see: {swine|swine}, {cote:1|cote:1}) would see:m to connect the word with Old English scydd, a word attested in charters that is taken to mean "swine pasture" (the general sense then perhaps being "place to keep swine"). The incidences of this in place and personal names are discussed at the entry for Gunshot Common in the Survey of English Place-Names volumes for Sussex, edited by Allen Mawer, F. M. Stenton and J. E. B. Gower (see: Survey of English Place-Names on line). The editors note that the expected Old English source would be schudd rather than shydd if shudde is the regular outcome in East Anglia (presumed to be the source of Promptorium parvulorum?), though most of the onomastic examples in the Middle English Dictionary are from Sussex, Surrey or Kent. The Oxford English Dictionary's hypothesis that shed is somehow a variant of shade (see: {shade:1|shade:1}) is not persuasive, despite the forms shadde in Caxton (1481) and shaddys in Richard Arnold's chronicle (1503?).;

    [Noun]  | "sheds" 


    1: as in lean-tos;


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    [Verb]  | "sheds" 


    1: to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside;


      * e.g., " ... a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin "



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    2: to get rid of as useless or unwanted;


      * e.g., " ... you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change "



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    [Verb]  | "shed" 


    1: to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside;


      * e.g., " ... a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin "



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    2: to get rid of as useless or unwanted;


      * e.g., " ... you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change "



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     [ "The Shed" ]

    1: The shed is known as one of the most sacred places on Earth. With many people thinking it's a place to put things that don't belong, yard equipment and much more. But with the smart people thinking it's a place to hangout, and most importantly smoke marijuana. It's a place that is commonly known as a judge free zone and where many people have talking time with the ones who need it.

      * e.g.,  ... Logan: Talking time with Logan and you know where at 

     [ "Shedded" ]

    1: To get extremely drunk and forget/lose everything.

      * e.g.,  ... He got shedded last night: He lost his keys, phone and dignity and ended up having to sleep in the shed until his girlfriend got home. 

     [ "Shedding" ]

    1: Sledging with added physical abuse. However, with shedding the objective is not so much to put the victim off his stroke, but rather to reduce them to a submissive, gibbering wreck.

      * e.g.,  ... Steders: Shedding really gets my goat! 


     [ "Shedding" ]

    2: As well as ‘vanilla shedding’, hardcore shedders are reported to indulge in ‘ruff shedding’, which involves dressing up in period costume, and ‘gruff shedding’ where four-legged horned ruminants are added to the mix.

     [ "Shedding" ]

    1: Woodshedding, a musicians term for practicing. Harkens back to idyllic pastoral time when one might take their Harpsichord or Udu out to the lean to in the back yard and practice their fugues or minuets till their fingers bled, while poultry and other livestock are slaughtered by the hired hands.

      * e.g.,  ... Zippy started out with a bit of a tin ear, but after months of shedding on his ukelele, he could hold the attention for almost 63 seconds. 

     [ "the shed" ]

    1: A large, overweight woman that lurks in the shadows with dire need to grab at any piece of man candy possible. Reguardless of your weight, size, etc; one should stay away from the shed, if he has any reputation whatsoever. Once you visit the shed, you are dead.

      * e.g.,  ... "The Shed tried to grab my penis last Friday, so i smacked her in her face and told her to go fuck herself." 

     [ "Shed" ]

    1: Stands for “Secondary House Extension for Dads”

      * e.g.,  ... I’m going to go in my shed to get away from my wife 

     [ "shed" ]

    1: to practice, usually a musical insturment. a person does not need to literally be in a shed to 'shed'.

      * e.g.,  ... i need to work on my drumming, i'm gonna hit the shed 

     [ "the shed" ]

    1: A sketchy place where local kids go to get high, drunk, burn stuff, and be jackasses.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, lets go down to the shed and get fucked up. 

     [ "Shed" ]

    1: To practice music by oneself, usually with special care to be kept from being disturbed. Theoretical etymology: Shortened from the word woodshed, where the idea was in order to not only be alone to concentrate, but to refrain from disturbing other people, one would have to retire to the woodshed to practice.

      * e.g.,  ... My chops are not what they used to be. I need to go shed. Man, these parts are crazy hard. I need to go shed them. I've been shedding all week Michael Brecker's pentatonic concepts. You've been warned. 

     [ "Shed" ]

    1: Slang used to describe a woman's vagina or lady bits.

      * e.g.,  ... Dave: "Last night I discovered Hannah had a tight shed!" 


     [ "Shed" ]

    2: The term is derived from a misunderstanding English boys had in a tent one night, in Costa Brava, Spain. Since then, the term has took off and is getting used more and more frequently!

      * e.g.,  ... Beth: "My shed needs waxing, if I'm to wear a tight bikini!" 

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