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# shed

«shed» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small simple building, often of wood, in a garden or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (shed, sheds); verb (shed, sheds, shed, shedding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A shed is a small simple building, often of wood, in a garden or yard for keeping tools, bikes or animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#m1)

2) To shed is to let something fall off, like a tree sheds leaves or a snake sheds its skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#m2)

3) To shed tears is to cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#m3)

4) To shed light on something is to help explain it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a place where tools or animals are kept; the verb shed means losing leaves, hair or skin, which takes away; in science: animals shed fur in spring, snakes shed skin as they grow, trees shed leaves in autumn; phrases: «garden shed», «tool shed», «shed light on», «shed a tear»

### examples

- The shed holds 14 tools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x1)
- The tree sheds 30 leaves a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x2)
- They paint the shed in 3 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x3)
- The dog sheds a lot of hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x4)
- Dad keeps the lawnmower in the garden shed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x5)
- A snake sheds its old skin as it grows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x6)
- She shed a tear at the end of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x7)
- The clue shed light on the mystery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x8)
- Oak trees shed their leaves in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x9)
- Where now were the tears he had shed? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/#x10)

### note

As a building it is a story word; «shed» as a verb takes away from what was there. Past of the verb: shed (no change): «it shed its skin». -ing: shedding (double d). Plural of the noun: sheds.

### In the corpora

- [Snakes shed their skin in one piece as they grow, starting at the lips, and their eyes turn cloudy blue just before.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/30-snakes-and-lizards/6/)
- [A silkworm grows thousands of times heavier in about a month and sheds its skin four times, because old skin cannot stretch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/11/)
- [She sheds "gallons of tears", making a pool about four inches deep that reaches half down the hall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/3-alice-ch2-part1-curiouser-and-curiouser/11/)
- ["Not the sharpest tool in the shed" is a joke meaning not very clever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/10/)
- [No dog is completely allergy-free; some breeds shed less, but all dogs make the proteins people react to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.