a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.-of shed-to separate; to divide.-to part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.-to let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.-to cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.-to sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.-to divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.-to fall in drops; to pour.-to let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.-a parting; a separation; a division.-the act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.-that which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.-the passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.