shed "sheds, shedding"NOTE: The form shed is used in present tense and in the past tense and past participle of the verb.1. (N-COUNT) A shed is a small building that is used for storing things such as garden tools.E.X: … a garden shed.2. (N-COUNT, usually n N) A shed is a large shelter or building, for example at a railway station port, or factory.E.X: … disused railway sheds.3. (VERB) When a tree sheds its leaves, its leaves fall off in the autumn. When an animal sheds hair or skin, some of its hair or skin drops off.E.X: Some of the trees were already beginning to shed their leaves. (V n)…. A snake who has shed its skin. (V n)4. (VERB) To shed something means to get rid of it.E.X: The firm is to shed 700 jobs… (V n)…. a city trying to shed its rough image. (V n)5. (VERB) If a lorry shed its load, the goods that it is carrying accidentally fall onto the road.E.X: A lorry piled with scrap metal has shed its load. (V n)6. (VERB) If you shed tears, you cry.E.X: They will shed a few tears at their daughter's wedding.7. (VERB) To shed blood means to kill people in a violent way. IF someone sheds their blood, they are killed in a violent way, usually when they are fighting in a war.E.X: Gunman in Ulster shed the first blood of the new year… (V n)gunman "gunmen"(N-COUNT) A gunman is a man who uses a gun to commit a crime such as murder or robbery.E.X: Two policemen were killed when gunmen opened fire in their patrol vehicle.
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