📖 Определения и значения для слова shed
📒 to get rid of something that is no longer wanted
- The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.
- a quick way to shed unwanted pounds (= extra weight or fat on your body)
- Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image.
📒 to take off a piece of clothing
- We shed our jackets.
- Luke shed his clothes onto the floor.
📒 to lose or drop what it is carrying
- The traffic jam was caused by a lorry shedding its load.
📒 if an animal sheds its skin, or a plant sheds leaves, it loses them naturally
- How often does a snake shed its skin?
- trees that shed their leaves in autumn
📒 to send light over something; to let light fall somewhere
- The candles shed a soft glow on her face.
📒 to cry
- She shed no tears when she heard he was dead.
📒 to kill or injure people, especially in a war
- How much blood will be shed before the fighting ends?
📒 to have the quality of causing water or liquid to run off and not sink in
- A duck's feathers shed water immediately.
📒 to make a problem, etc. easier to understand
- Recent research has shed new light on the causes of the disease.