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Synonyms for shed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : shed
Phonetic Transcription : ʃɛd

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Définition of shed

Origin :
  • "building for storage," 1855, earlier "light, temporary shelter" (late 15c., shadde), possibly a dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade (n.). Originally of the barest sort of shelter. Or from or influenced in sense development by Middle English schudde (shud) "a shed, hut."
  • verb cast off
Example sentences :
  • No one has seen him shed a tear, of heard him utter a complaint.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The Sabbath of eternity has shed its stillness along the street.
  • Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The door of the shed stood open, and outside there was bright sunshine.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • I kissed her: And is it for me, my sweet Cousin, that you shed tears?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • No wonder she shuddered at such profanation, and shed her false beard.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • It seemed as though a golden tree had shed its leaves into the grave.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • Spinnin'-wheels out in the shed chamber, where his gran'mother Hooper kep' 'em?
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • She heard his step, swift and steady, through the shed and out at the door.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • It would 'a' ben perfect if there' ben anybody to shed tears.
  • Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • Surely the sunset had shed a flush of life upon her whiteness.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

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