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verb

Shed v. t. (past & past part. shed; pres. part. shedding)

1.

To separate; to divide. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)

2.

To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. "Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?" "Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head."

3.

To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

4.

To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

5.

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. (R.) "Her hair... is shed with gray."

6.

(Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shed v. i. (past & past part. shed; pres. part. shedding)

1.

To fall in drops; to pour. (Obs.) "Such a rain down from the welkin shadde."

2.

To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. "White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand."

noun

Shedding n.

1.

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.

2.

That which is shed, or cast off. (R.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shedding" Quotes from Famous Books

... aery wilderness: thus driven By the bright shadow of that lovely dream, Beneath the cold glare of the desolate night, Through tangled swamps and deep precipitous dells, 235 Startling with careless step the moonlight snake, He fled. Red morning dawned upon his flight, Shedding the mockery of its vital hues Upon his cheek of death. He wandered on Till vast Aornos seen from Petra's steep 240 Hung o'er the low horizon like a cloud; Through Balk, and where the desolated tombs Of Parthian kings scatter to every wind Their wasting dust, wildly he wandered on, ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley

... no mercy for us," she said solemnly. "He and his kind think as little of shedding blood as of spilling water. But I do not think he will kill me. I think I will kill him first, but after that I shall surely die. As for Cousin Eugenie, I do ...

— Huntingtower • John Buchan

... succession of vivid paintings than any mere dreams of the fancy. I saw the church of St. Peter's illumined on the evening of Easter Day, the whole majestic pile, from the cross to the foundation stone, penciled in fire and shedding a radiance, like the serene light of the moon, on the sea of upturned faces below. I saw the peak of Mount Etna towering above its inky mantle of clouds and lightly curling its wreaths of milk-white smoke against the soft sky flushed with the Sicilian sunset. I saw also the gloomy vaulted ...

— The Oregon Trail • Francis Parkman, Jr.

... of attempting to control America by force; for nothing is more certain than that, if we had failed in establishing our independence, Great Britain would also have failed in subjecting us to her schemes. After the shedding of blood at Lexington, reconciliation was impossible; nor is it certain that it could have been accomplished after the massacre in King Street, in 1770. To be sure the proceedings of the towns and the tone of all the memorials and petitions indicate this; but ...

— Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 • George Boutwell

... the horses of the sun. From sculptured stalactites of vine-boughs, here and there pendent hung galaxies of gas lights, whose vivid glare was softened by pale, cream-colored, porcelain spheres, shedding over the place a serene, silver flood; as if every porcelain sphere were a moon; and this superb apartment was the moon-lit garden of Portia at Belmont; and the gentle lovers, Lorenzo and Jessica, ...

— Redburn. His First Voyage • Herman Melville

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