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shed
has definitions from the field of biology
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[ verb ] get rid of
Examples "he shed his image as a pushy boss" "shed your clothes" Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)God_knew his tears were his to shed if he so desired , for it had not been with an egotist 's rage for fame that he had held precious his naval career . Related terms |
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[ verb ] pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
Synonyms Examples "shed tears" "spill blood" "God shed His grace on Thee" Used in print (Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)Because he copiously shed his own tears , and yielded himself up as a living sacrifice to the impersonalized conscience of New_England , he was not disturbed by the havoc he worked in other people 's consciences . (Kenneth Scott Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutiona...)America , America , God shed His grace on thee , and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea '' . |
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[ noun ] an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
Used in print (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)And most of all it is not having the only man you could love , whether he drives a bread truck or delivers the mail or checks the berry crates down at the sheds , or owns seventeen oil_wells and six diamond mines , for if you are anybody what he is or does makes no difference if he is the one . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (biology) shed at an early stage of development
Synonyms Examples "most amphibians have caducous gills" "the caducous calyx of a poppy" Related terms |
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