To part; separate; divide: as, to shed the hair.To throw off.To molt, cast, or exuviate, as a quadruped its hair, a bird its feathers, a crab its shell, a snake its skin, or a deer its antlers.To throw or cause to flow off without penetrating, as a roof or covering of oil-cloth, or the like.To scatter about or abroad; disperse; diffuse: as, to shed light on a subject.To sprinkle; intersperse.To let or cause to flow out; let fall; pour out; spill: used especially in regard to blood and tears: as, to shed blood; to shed tears of joy.To cast, part with, or let fall a covering, vestment, envelop, or seed; molt; lose, cast, throw off, or exuviate a covering: as, the bird sheds in August; the crab sheds in June.To be let fall; pour or be poured; be spilled.n. A division or parting: as, the shed of the hair (obsolete or provincial); a water-shed.n. In weaving, a parting or opening between sets of warp-threads in a loom, made by the action of the heddles, or by the Jacquard attachment, for the passage of the shuttle and the weft-thread.n. The slope of land or of a hill: as, which way is the shed?n. The parting of the hair; hence, the top of the head; temples.n. A slight or temporary shelter; a penthouse or lean-to; hence, an outhouse; a hut or mean dwelling: as, a snow-shed; a wood-shed.n. A large open structure for the temporary storage of goods, vehicles, etc.: as, a shed on a wharf; a railway-shed; an engine-shed.n. A sheet.n. The smolt, or young salmon of the first year.To fall prematurely, as the young bolls of cotton-plants do when affected by certain functional disorders. The disease is known as shedding.To place in a shed; protect by means of a shed.