shed
/ʃɛd/ verb C1- 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.· When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.
- To allow to flow or fall. · I didn't shed many tears when he left me.· A tarpaulin sheds water.
- To radiate, cast, give off (light). · to shed light on· Can you shed any light on this problem?
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
He/she/it sheds · Past shed · Past participle shed · -ing form shedding
Verb forms
- Base form
- shed
- He/she/it
- sheds
- Past
- shed
- Past participle
- shed
- -ing form
- shedding
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Stop this moment, I tell you!” But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.
“I’m always getting into scrapes myself and getting my best friends--people I’d shed my heart’s blood for--into them too.
It will restore my self-respect, for I was shedding tears freely before Ruby came along.
It seemed to her a terrible thing that she could not shed a tear for Matthew, whom she had loved so much and who had been so kind to her, Matthew who had walked with her last evening at sunset and was now lying in the dim room below with that awful peace on his brow.
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